TURION SPACE

Motion Control Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Posted on: 
2025-05-31

The role involves designing and testing high-reliability electrical systems and PCBs for spacecraft platforms and payloads, contributing to the full lifecycle of electrical design and collaborating with cross-disciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop high-reliability electrical systems and PCBs for spacecraft platforms and payloads.
  • Drive full lifecycle of electrical design: requirements definition, component selection, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, manufacturing, and test.
  • Own and troubleshoot complex PCB designs; perform root cause analysis to component level.
  • Lead motor control electronics design and firmware development for mechanical space systems.
  • Design and implement motor/motion control firmware for BLDC and stepper motors.
  • Perform and document design verification testing for developed systems.
  • Collaborate closely with mechanical, software, manufacturing, test, and supply chain teams.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • 5 years of experience in hardware development, PCB board design/layout, and electronic system prototyping/validation.
  • Advanced proficiency with schematic capture tools (Altium preferred).
  • Hands-on lab experience using oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, logic analyzers, etc.
  • Experience designing motor control electronics and developing motor/motion control firmware.
  • Familiarity with BLDC and stepper motor commutation and cascaded/feedforward PI control loops for motion control.
  • Excellent technical documentation and communication skills.
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