Sr. Dynamics and Controls Engineer

Karman Industries•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$125,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

Karman Industries is seeking a highly skilled system dynamics and controls engineer to join our talented engineering team in Long Beach, CA. This is not an industrial automation or PLC/SCADA-based controls role — we are looking for someone who can derive the governing differential equations of a physical system from first principles, analyze that system's dynamic behavior, and design robust control algorithms around it.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering (M.S. or Ph.D. preferred)
5-7 years of experience deriving and analyzing dynamic system equations and designing control algorithms
Strong first-principles derivation skills — comfortable building models from physics, not just tuning existing controllers
Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink and Simscape for physics-based modeling
Solid grounding in control theory (classical and modern: state-space, frequency domain, stability analysis)

Nice To Haves

Background in GNC, robotics, mechatronics, power electronics/grid dynamics, or another deeply dynamics-driven field
Experience with nonlinear, optimal, or adaptive control techniques
Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop testing or real-time control implementation

Responsibilities

Derive equations of motion and governing dynamics for physical systems from first principles
Analyze system dynamics, including stability, controllability/observability, frequency response, and nonlinear behavior
Design and validate robust control algorithms
Build high-fidelity, physics-based models in Simulink/Simscape to validate control designs
Collaborate with hardware and systems engineers to translate control designs into implementable algorithms
Document modeling assumptions, derivations, and validation results