Senior Control Systems Engineer
Pubblicato il 19-09-2026 - Oris in Torino
Senior Control Systems Engineer
Location: Turin, Italy
Full-Time
Salary Range: €50,000 - €70,000
Join ORiS and help build the future of energy in space.
At ORiS, we are pioneering the next generation of Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) technologies. Our mission is to redefine how energy is generated, transmitted, and utilized beyond Earth through cutting-edge orbital infrastructure, autonomous robotic systems, and breakthrough engineering.
As a Senior Control Systems Engineer, you will take technical ownership of the control architecture and validation of ORiS precision pointing and tracking systems, including spaceborne laser payloads and LOONA.
You will lead solutions for dynamic modelling, feedback control, optical line-of-sight stabilization, disturbance rejection, motion control, and the integration of mechanical, optical, electronic, sensor, actuator, and embedded-software elements.
What You Will Do
- Own control architecture, performance budgets, operating limits, interfaces, and verification strategy.
- Lead modelling and controller design for coarse, intermediate, and fine-pointing stages.
- Select appropriate classical, state-space, optimal, adaptive, feedforward, observer, and disturbance-rejection techniques.
- Lead system identification, frequency-response analysis, model correlation, tuning, and experimental validation.
- Define and review MIL, SIL, HIL, laboratory, field, and system-level test campaigns.
- Resolve complex issues involving flexibility, vibration, backlash, friction, timing, saturation, noise, and integration.
- Guide Embedded/Firmware and Robotics engineers through implementation and transfer to real-time platforms.
- Mentor engineers and interface with mechanical, optical, electronics, and systems stakeholders.
What We Are Looking For
- MSc or PhD in Control Engineering,
Automation, Robotics, Mechatronics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience delivering control systems on physical hardware.
- Expert knowledge of control theory, dynamics, modelling, system identification, and MATLAB/Simulink.
- Demonstrated experience with precision pointing, stabilization, motion control, or high-performance mechatronic systems.
- Strong programming skills in C++ or Python and understanding of real-time implementation constraints.
- Ability to contribute in technical decisions, communicate trade-offs, mentor colleagues, and work across disciplines.
- Professional proficiency in English.
Nice to Have
- Spacecraft attitude control, GNC/ADCS, optical terminals, telescopes, fast-steering mirrors, or pointing-error budgets.
- Flexible-body modelling, vibration/control-structure interaction, Simscape/Modelica, code generation, HIL, ECSS, or aerospace verification.
Why ORiS
- Work on innovative satellite missions and advanced space technologies
- Play a key role in shaping system-level decisions that directly impact mission success
- Collaborate with highly skilled engineers across multiple technical disciplines
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge space programs and emerging technologies
- Grow professionally within a fast-growing and ambitious space company
- Be part of a culture driven by innovation, ownership, and technical excellence
Our Offer
- Salary Range: € 50000 - €70000
- EUR 1,000 per year in fringe benefits
- EUR 8 meal vouchers per working day
- Flexible lavoro da remoto arrangements, subject to project needs
- Stock option plan
If you want to help create the future of energy in space and contribute to technologies that could transform the way humanity operates beyond Earth, join ORiS.