Senior Real-Time Controls Engineer — Equity & Benefits

Lazarus Energy; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Equity ownership

Fully stocked kitchen

Job summary

Lazarus Energy in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a self-driven Control Systems Engineer to own the MW-class machine control system, safety architecture, and DAQ from ground up. You will work closely with the founding team to architect and implement controller, trip logic, and real-time software, with hands-on commissioning on aggressive timelines.

You will design closed-loop control sequences, oversee protection logic, and ensure safe, reliable operation across startup to shutdown.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in controls, electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, or similar engineering.
• Experience designing and implementing real-time control systems for physical hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own the control system for the MW machine, including controller/PLC, safety-system architecture, I/O list, and software.
• Design and implement closed-loop control of the machine including start-up, steady state, and shutdown sequencing.
• Own the trip and protection logic for overspeed, surge, loss of load, etc.
• Write and test real-time safety-critical control software using bench and HIL testing against a simulated machine.
• Own the machine’s DAQ and instrumentation, coordinating with Test Engineer for test-stand DAQ.
• Support bring-up, commissioning, and test campaigns with hands-on tuning and debugging.

Skills

Real-time control systems

Closed-loop control

Safety/trip logic

Programming (Python/C/C++)

Instrumentation concept

Leadership communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in controls, electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, or similar engineering.

Tools

LabVIEW

CAN/EtherCAT/Modbus

Job description

Lazarus Energy in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a self-driven Control Systems Engineer to own the MW-class machine control system, safety architecture, and DAQ from ground up. You will work closely with the founding team to architect and implement controller, trip logic, and real-time software, with hands-on commissioning on aggressive timelines.

You will design closed-loop control sequences, oversee protection logic, and ensure safe, reliable operation across startup to shutdown.