Controls Integration Engineer III Verified today
About the role
This position is part of Blue Origin's Engines - Advanced Engines business unit, focused on design, development, testing, and operation of advanced systems that power the next generation of Blue Origin programs. You will take control algorithms and control laws from analysis into hardware, integrating, tuning, and validating them on avionics and test stands to ensure safe, predictable system behavior.
What you'll do
- Integrate, deploy, and tune control algorithms and control laws onto controller electronics and avionics hardware
- Design, build, and operate Integrated Hardware-in-the-Loop (IHIL) test environments
- Bring up and troubleshoot real-time control surfaces, valves, actuators, and instrumentation
- Integrate driver-level PLC and packaged control interfaces (Modbus, etc.) with system hardware
- Lead test stations: gather requirements, design test cards, coordinate stakeholders, and generate test logs
- Resolve anomalies across the controls, avionics, and software boundary during development and integrated testing
- Correlate observed hardware behavior against model predictions and feed results back to the controls team
- Capture and share cross-program lessons learned to improve control system integration
- Lead major aspects of IHIL design and integration efforts and mentor junior engineers (Level III responsibility)
Qualifications
Required:
- B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Controls Engineering, or a related STEM field
- 5 or more years of relevant experience
- Experience designing, building, commissioning, and/or operating complex aerospace or controls test equipment
- Experience with data and control systems setup, operation, and data processing (sensor selection, calibration, grounding/shielding)
- Ability to support off shifts as needed
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Preferred:
- Familiarity with MathWorks products (MATLAB, Simulink, Speedgoat)
- Experience with PLCs and industrial protocols (Modbus, etc.) and real-time control implementation
- Experience with valves, actuators, fluid systems, and instrumentation
- Experience reading P&IDs, schematics, and specifications
- Capable of leading test teams as a Test Conductor or Test Engineer
Location and travel
- Kent, WA or Huntsville, AL
- Relocation assistance provided
- Up to 50% travel to support hardware integration, HIL bring-up, and test campaigns across sites
Compensation
Base pay range for WA applicants: $164,652.00 - $230,512.80. Other site ranges may differ.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Performance bonuses eligible depending on role type and job level
Background check required for all positions. Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check required if role requires access to military installations.