Senior Real-Time Embedded Systems Engineer

Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Harvard (MA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 185,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Equity
Comprehensive benefits
13 Company-wide holidays
Flexible vacation
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with employer matching
Professional growth opportunities
Team-building activities

Job summary

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, implement, and verify software for advanced R&D equipment and complex machinery. You will be a hands-on contributor delivering production-quality code for mission-critical real-time systems.

You will collaborate with a broad engineering team to integrate software into testbeds, hardware deployments, and production tooling, driving tooling improvements and streamlined workflows across the software ecosystem.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
  • 7+ years of relevant embedded software experience.
  • Proficiency with embedded, real-time control systems.

Responsibilities

  • Develop control software across platforms including real-time Linux, microcontrollers, and FPGAs.
  • Verify embedded software with Hardware-in-the-loop testbeds and field activities.
  • Improve tooling to increase developer velocity and enable new capabilities.

Skills

Embedded systems
Python
C++
Rust
CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Git version control
Linux

Job description

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, implement, and verify software for advanced R&D equipment and complex machinery. You will be a hands-on contributor delivering production-quality code for mission-critical real-time systems.

You will collaborate with a broad engineering team to integrate software into testbeds, hardware deployments, and production tooling, driving tooling improvements and streamlined workflows across the software ecosystem.

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