Real Time Controls Engineer
Commonwealth Fusion SystemsDevens, Massachusetts
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Posted February 6, 2025
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Job Description
The Real Time Controls Engineer will develop, test, and evaluate control algorithms for the SPARC tokamak control system, focusing on managing a high-temperature plasma using advanced technologies. This role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to address complex challenges in fusion energy development.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and evaluate real-time control algorithms for the SPARC tokamak control system
- Create control algorithms and architectures for managing a 100 million degree plasma
- Balance high fusion power goals with machine protection
- Collaborate with software engineers, physicists, and instrumentation teams on multidisciplinary challenges
Requirements
- Develop, test, and evaluate the real-time control algorithms for the SPARC tokamak control system.
- Develop control algorithms and architectures to control a 100 million degree plasma using powerful superconducting magnets, megawatts of radio frequency heating, and fuel injection systems.
- Work alongside software engineers, physicists, and instrumentation teams to address multidisciplinary challenges involving cutting edge control theory, simulation, plasma physics, software, and hardware.
- Experience in aerospace, aviation, automotive, or robotics.
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