Senior Controls Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN

Controls Engineer for aerospace system development at Blue Origin. Involved in mechanical, thermal, fluid, and gaseous control systems with collaborative engineering efforts.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeGreater Seattle Area • Alabama, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $197,529 - $276,539 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApachePythonSubversion

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work on various spaceflight systems and share in our team's impact on all aspects of requirements development, design, implementation, and verification of mechanical, thermal, fluid, and gaseous control systems
Collaborate closely with various stakeholders in our team's subsystems to support the development of low and high fidelity plant models
Perform analysis and design efficient logic algorithms and state machines to manage and control various mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic actuators
Conduct performance assessments including Monte Carlo analysis
Develop unit tests for control application software
Participate in V&V activities such as HIL and subsystem test campaigns

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors degree in engineering or related control systems field with 8+ years of experience
Experience developing embedded control solutions for complex aerospace mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, fluid and gas systems
Experience with subsystem modeling, analysis and controls application development tools such as Matlab/Simulink (including autocoding)
Experience with classical and modern control design and analysis techniques; exposure to optimal control and estimation techniques (e.g. Kalman Filtering) is a plus
Experience with validation and verification approaches such as unit testing, system simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing or integrated subsystem testing
Experience with Apache Subversion or Git or similar revision control systems
Exposure to lean software development practices and techniques; including experience with tool automation and software development using Python and C/C++

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

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Hard Skills & Tools

embedded control solutionsmechanical systemsthermal systemshydraulic systemsfluid systemsgas systemslogic algorithmsstate machinesMonte Carlo analysisunit testing

Soft Skills

collaborationstakeholder engagementperformance assessmentproblem-solvingcommunication

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering