Real-Time Fusion Plasma Control Engineer

Type One Energy Group; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Stock options

Insurance plans

Retirement options

Job summary

Type One Energy Group is hiring a Real-Time Engineer to support the Plasma Control System (PCS) development, deployment, and operation for a stellarator fusion power plant. You will implement real‑time control software and supporting hardware infrastructure, working closely with the PCS lead scientist and CODAC engineers to ensure high performance and high availability.

The role requires hands-on experience with real-time control in embedded environments, C/C++ expertise, and CI/testing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related technical field.
• 3+ years’ experience building real-time control systems.
• Strong expertise in embedded systems and deterministic RTOS.
• Deep knowledge of concurrent, multi-threaded, multi-processor, networked architectures.
• Mastery of C/C++ development and debugging.
• Experience with CI and automated testing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect a high‑availability, real‑time PCS infrastructure.
• Develop real‑time PCS functionality (execution and configuration).
• Implement control algorithms and supervisory logic.
• Build finite state machines for supervision.
• Incorporate machine‑learning inference into real‑time workflows.
• Translate mathematical models into real‑time code.

Skills

C/C++ development

Embedded systems

Real-time control

Concurrent multi-threaded architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Education

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

Tools

RTOS

Machine learning in embedded/real-time

Job description

Type One Energy Group is hiring a Real-Time Engineer to support the Plasma Control System (PCS) development, deployment, and operation for a stellarator fusion power plant. You will implement real‑time control software and supporting hardware infrastructure, working closely with the PCS lead scientist and CODAC engineers to ensure high performance and high availability.

The role requires hands-on experience with real-time control in embedded environments, C/C++ expertise, and CI/testing