Cowboy Space
Senior Controls Engineer
$165K–$190K
Kent, Washington · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in controls engineering, mechatronics, or automation for hardware systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Designs and integrates motor controls, embedded systems, and automated sequences for spacecraft fluid systems, from development through testing and operations.
What you'll do
- Develop motor control systems, fluid-system automation sequences, and closed-loop controls.
- Implement embedded firmware, control electronics, and modeling and simulation for fluid-system controllers.
- Verify controls through HIL and system-level testing; support integration, operations, and anomaly investigation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or a related engineering field.
- Motor control experience, including drive electronics and feedback control.
- Experience with control loops or estimation algorithms, embedded C/C++ programming, and automated sequences or state machines.
- Hands-on experience integrating sensors, actuators, and control electronics into hardware assemblies.
Nice to have
- PLC/PAC programming or custom sequencing engines; control-system modeling tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or LabVIEW.
- Experience with HIL testing, aerospace fluid-system controls, cryogenic fluid handling, or aerospace communication protocols.
Pay
$165,000 – $190,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, PLC/PAC, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, LabVIEW, CAN, RS-422, EtherCAT
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