Senior Fusion Control Systems Engineer (Real-Time & Automation)

Hitachi, Ltd.; Kearny (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range: $180,000-$230,000

Comprehensive health benefits

Employee equity stock options

20 days PTO

Job summary

Thea Energy is seeking a Staff Control Systems Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and test control, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems for the Integrated Eos Stellarator. This role combines hands-on engineering with substantial technical contributions across real-time control, industrial automation, and machine protection.

The successful candidate will translate physics requirements into implementable solutions, collaborate with engineers, vendors, and partners, and contribute

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience developing integrated control, automation, embedded, instrumentation, or data acquisition systems for high-reliability environments.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and collaborating across disciplines or locations.
• Architecting and delivering systems combining industrial controls, supervisory control, real-time software, and hardware interfaces.
• Hands-on experience with EPICS, SCADA/HMI, and PLC-based automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and verify control, instrumentation, and data acquisition solutions for Eos systems from requirements through commissioning readiness.
• Mentor control software, automation, instrumentation, and data acquisition engineers; coordinate work across disciplines and locations.
• Define architectures for plant control and integrate with the overall Eos control system.
• Develop machine protection, interlock, fail-safe, and emergency shutdown concepts for high-value equipment.
• Collaborate with suppliers and researchers to resolve interfaces and evaluate designs.
• Establish disciplined software/configuration-management practices including CI, automated testing, and traceability.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux/RTOS

Mentoring teammates

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

EPICS

SCADA/HMI

PLC/DCS

OPC UA

FPGA

LabVIEW

Job description

Thea Energy is seeking a Staff Control Systems Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and test control, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems for the Integrated Eos Stellarator. This role combines hands-on engineering with substantial technical contributions across real-time control, industrial automation, and machine protection.

The successful candidate will translate physics requirements into implementable solutions, collaborate with engineers, vendors, and partners, and contribute