Controls Engineer
Salient Motion2 months ago
Torrance, CA, USAEntry Level
Base Salary
$120k - $140k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain embedded C firmware for motion control and motor drive products.
- Contribute to control-firmware architecture with emphasis on maintainability, testability, and real-time performance.
- Translate control algorithms into production-quality firmware alongside senior engineers.
- Participate in code reviews, static analysis, unit testing, and integration testing.
- Support firmware bring-up, debugging, and validation on hardware in the lab.
- Document firmware architecture, module interfaces, and design decisions.
- Assist with firmware verification test plans and execution.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of professional embedded firmware development experience related to motion control.
- Strong proficiency in C and understanding of modular firmware/software architecture, abstraction layers, and state machines.
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, interrupts, timers, and SPI, I2C, UART, and CAN communication protocols.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git and collaborative software development workflows.
- Preferred qualifications include exposure to motor control, field-oriented control, PWM generation, sensing, motion-control loops, digital filters, RTOS platforms, model-based design, code generation, and embedded C testing frameworks.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary of $120,000 to $140,000 plus equity.
- Medical coverage is 100% paid by the company, along with healthcare benefits.
- Flexible PTO and a 401(k).
- Relocation support is available.
- The role is located in Torrance, California, at the company’s hangar facility.
About Salient Motion
Salient Motion builds modular motion control and actuation components used in industrial, aerospace, and defense systems. The company designs and manufactures hardware and embedded software for high‑performance motor control, selling to OEMs and system integrators. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Torrance, California, it operates as a privately held supplier to aerospace and defense programs.