Senior Plasma Control Engineer

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
• 3 or more years of experience developing control algorithms, ML models, or real-time scientific software for complex physical systems.
• Strong programming skills in Python, MATLAB and C++.
• Experience with time-series data processing, signal conditioning, system identification, and validation on real data.
• Practical familiarity with modern ML tooling (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX) and deploying models into production code paths.
• Working knowledge of modern control methods, such as state estimation, constrained optimization, MPC, and robust control.

• Experience with plasma control, stellarators or tokamaks, or adjacent fields such as accelerators and large scientific infrastructure.
• Prior work on digital twins, real-time simulators, or physics-informed ML for physical systems.
• Experience integrating with experimental control and data systems (for example EPICS, MDSplus, SCADA, OPC UA).
• Familiarity with low-latency deployment and inference engines such as ONNX Runtime and TensorRT.
• Background in any of the following plant subsystems is a plus: power electronics, cryogenics, vacuum and pumping, high-power RF systems, and safety controls.

Tools and platforms:

• Languages and frameworks: Python, MATLAB, C++, PyTorch or TensorFlow or JAX, Jupyter
• Data infrastructure: MDSplus, EPICS, HDF5, InfluxDB, OPC UA, Kafka or ZeroMQ
• Dev workflows: Git, Docker, MLflow, CI pipelines
• Simulation and modeling: MATLAB Simulink, Modelica, FMI, and custom physics solvers
• Salary range $120,000-$160,000
• Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
• Employee equity stock options
• 20 days PTO
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time.
• Willingness to occasionally travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call.
• Ability to work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.