Senior Scientific Software Engineer - Data & ML for Fusion

U.S. Fusion Energy; Illinois; On-site; USD 168,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) matching

Equity

Paid time off

Job summary

Xcimer Energy in Denver, CO, is seeking a Senior Scientific Software Engineer to lead design and development of Python-based data analysis, visualization, ML, and internal tooling for R&D. You will work closely with simulation and experimental groups to transform data and models into scalable software.

This senior hands-on role offers ownership of technical direction, mentoring, and collaboration with researchers.

Qualifications

• Experience in data-intensive or research-driven software development.
• Ability to translate requirements into production-quality software.
• Experience with debugging and performance optimization.
• Experience collaborating with non-software domain experts and experimental workflows.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain Python-based data analysis and visualization tools.
• Lead technical design from research prototypes to production deployment.
• Partner with researchers to translate requirements into scalable software.
• Establish testing, documentation, CI/CD, and containerization practices.

Skills

Python

Data analysis

Machine learning

Visualization

Software architecture

Mentoring

Collaboration with researchers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Physics

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Pybind11

Cython

f2py

nanobind

OpenCASCADE

VTK

PyVista

MPI/CUDA

Job description

Xcimer Energy in Denver, CO, is seeking a Senior Scientific Software Engineer to lead design and development of Python-based data analysis, visualization, ML, and internal tooling for R&D. You will work closely with simulation and experimental groups to transform data and models into scalable software.

This senior hands-on role offers ownership of technical direction, mentoring, and collaboration with researchers.