Motor Controls Engineer - Lunar Avionics

Responsibilities

• Work with your team to deliver a family of motor controllers to multiple lunar vehicles
• Develop and own, with your team, the motor control firmware used across motor controllers
• Test, verify, and integrate motor control designs with Lunar vehicle subsystems
• Support design risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies
• Participate in program level technology development, mission assurance and safety initiatives, and avionics development process improvements
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, or related discipline
• 3+ years of avionics hardware and/or control system design
• Experience with Matlab/Simulink and autocode generation in HDL or C/C++
• Experience with electromechanical system modeling and calibration against physical systems
• Experience with implementing high-performance control algorithms in resource constrained FPGAs and MCUs
• Prior history of successfully implementing control algorithms in real-world systems
• Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the development and production phases of the electronic assembly product lifecycle
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and supply to a culture of collaboration

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, or related disciplines
• 5+ years of experience in design, development, test, and operation of vehicle Avionics systems
• Experience with electric motor controls, including field-oriented control, trapezoidal commutation, sensorless control, motion control, field weakening, over modulation, and/or third harmonic injection
• Additional experience with various motor controls, power conversion topologies, and control systems FPGA firmware development experience using Verilog or VHDL
• General FPGA firmware development experience using Verilog or VHDL
• Knowledge of radiation effects on electronics and how to apply this to designs targeting space applications
• Experience with launch vehicle Avionics systems hardware development, integration, and test

CO applicants is $95,348.00-$; WA applicants is $-$

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• Benefits include:
  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%, and an 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.
• Discretionary bonus:
  Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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