Senior Spacecraft Controls Engineer - Attitude & Actuators

Blue Origin; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the architecture, development, integration, and qualification of spacecraft attitude-control actuators and momentum-management systems. You will own reaction wheel design, motor control, embedded software, and FPGA developments across the full lifecycle.

The role demands 15+ years in aerospace controls, deep expertise in MSIM/embedded hardware, and leadership across hardware, firmware, and software teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of direct experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying reaction wheel assemblies or similar spacecraft actuators.
• Experience with control algorithms and real-time control systems for precision electromechanical systems.
• Proficiency in embedded programming and firmware development for aerospace environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead system architecture, requirements, design, integration, test, and qualification of reaction wheels and momentum-control systems.
• Develop and mature control algorithms for reaction wheel applications and fault handling.
• Oversee FPGA design and implementation for motor-control and actuator systems and lead embedded flight software development.

Skills

Reaction Wheel Assemblies

Motor-control electronics

Embedded flight software

FPGA development

Control algorithms

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++ for embedded

Real-time embedded systems

VxWorks/RTOS

Hardware/software integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Aerospace/Mechanical/Computer Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

TI DSP

ARM

Xilinx

MicroBlaze

Microsemi

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the architecture, development, integration, and qualification of spacecraft attitude-control actuators and momentum-management systems. You will own reaction wheel design, motor control, embedded software, and FPGA developments across the full lifecycle.

The role demands 15+ years in aerospace controls, deep expertise in MSIM/embedded hardware, and leadership across hardware, firmware, and software teams.