Instrumentation & Controls Engineer for Megawatt Energy Systems

Spinor Energy Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinor Energy is hiring an Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Controls Engineer to build the sensing and nervous system of operating superconducting magnets.

You will define how we measure electromagnetic, mechanical, and thermal states across cryogenic, high-field, high-voltage, and vacuum environments, selecting sensors and designing signal conditioning, calibration, and isolation for accurate measurements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in electrical/related engineering.
• 2+ years hands-on instrumentation, data-acquisition, embedded-control, or mixed-signal systems.

Responsibilities

• Define measurement of electromagnetic, mechanical, and thermal states across cryogenic, high-field, high-voltage, and vacuum environments.
• Select sensors and design signal conditioning, filtering, calibration, isolation for accurate measurements.
• Develop synchronized embedded data-acquisition and control systems using microcontrollers, FPGAs, and software.
• Turn measurements into real-time state detection, fault protection, interlocks, and commands.
• Lead system bring-up, debugging, calibration, validation from sensor to control response.
• Integrate across magnet, power electronics, cryogenic, vacuum, mechanical, firmware, and controls engineering.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Embedded systems

Sensor interfaces

Analog electronics

A/D conversion

FPGA

STM32

Real-time systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related

Tools

FPGAs

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

Job description

Spinor Energy is hiring an Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Controls Engineer to build the sensing and nervous system of operating superconducting magnets.

You will define how we measure electromagnetic, mechanical, and thermal states across cryogenic, high-field, high-voltage, and vacuum environments, selecting sensors and designing signal conditioning, calibration, and isolation for accurate measurements.