

Motion Control Electrical Engineer
Location
Irvine, CA
Level
Mid-Level
Department
Aerospace & Space
Type
Salary
$140,000 - $180,000
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.