Senior Real-Time Embedded Systems Engineer

Commonwealth Fusion Systems; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 185,000; Full time

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.