Hybrid Real-Time Fusion Control Engineer

Type One Energy Group, Inc.; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Stock options

Insurance plans

Retirement options

Job summary

Type One Energy Group, Inc. seeks a Real-Time Engineer to support the Plasma Control System (PCS) for a stellarator fusion power plant.

You will implement real-time control software and supporting hardware with the PCS lead scientists and CODAC engineers, enabling high-performance plasma operation. Responsibilities include designing, testing, and maintaining real-time PCS infrastructure, collaborating across teams, and delivering robust control software for mission-critical operations.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience implementing real-time control systems in production or operational environments.
• Strong expertise in embedded systems and deterministic real-time operating systems (RTOS).
• Deep practical knowledge of concurrent, multi-threaded, multi-processor, and networked computation architectures.
• Mastery of C/C++ development.
• Extensive experience implementing continuous integration and automated testing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect a performant, user-centered, high-availability real-time PCS infrastructure.
• Implement PCS functionality (real-time execution and configuration) as defined by the PCS Lead, including control algorithms, finite state machines, and machine-learning inference.
• Translate mathematical models into executable real-time code.

Skills

Real-time control

Embedded systems

RTOS

C/C++ development

CI/CD pipelines

Machine learning inference

Multi-threaded architectures

Concurrent processing

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Software Engineering/Computer Engineering/CS

Job description

Type One Energy Group, Inc. seeks a Real-Time Engineer to support the Plasma Control System (PCS) for a stellarator fusion power plant.

You will implement real-time control software and supporting hardware with the PCS lead scientists and CODAC engineers, enabling high-performance plasma operation. Responsibilities include designing, testing, and maintaining real-time PCS infrastructure, collaborating across teams, and delivering robust control software for mission-critical operations.