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Senior Motor Controls Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Develop motor control and actuator firmware for autonomous vehicles on land, air, and sea, focusing on precision actuators and electric propulsion.

Role type

Senior Motor Controls Engineer

Builds

Motion control systems, motor control algorithms, and embedded firmware for defense autonomous vehicles

Domain

Defense technology, autonomous systems, embedded control

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Classical control systems, Matlab/Simulink, motor control circuits (drivers, encoders, Hall sensors), low-level firmware architecture in C, embedded ARM microcontrollers, bus protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, RS485), instrumentation debugging

Preferred skills

Robotics, automation, sensor fusion, board design, toolchain bring-up

Technologies

Matlab, Simulink, C, ARM, RTOS, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS485, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers

Responsibilities

Develop motion control systems for precision actuators and electric propulsion; Develop motor controls algorithms using Matlab/Simulink; Integrate Simulink autocode with microcontroller C-based RTOS; Assist with part selection and board design; Bring up new boards and toolchains; Support device manufacturing and operational deployments

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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