Embedded Control Engineer
Proxima Fusion3 days ago
Munich, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Define embedded controller architectures for power electronic converters and select suitable microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs.
- Translate power electronics and control requirements into efficient, deterministic, robust real-time software.
- Develop, test, debug, and validate embedded software on target hardware, from individual software blocks through complete controller implementations.
- Build automated testing environments and explore new controller technologies, embedded architectures, and software implementation concepts.
- Collaborate with power electronics, integrated electronics, mechanical, thermal, and systems engineers.
Requirements
- University-level degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of embedded architectures and controller selection for demanding real-time applications.
- Expertise in embedded software development for real-time applications, preferably in power electronics, industrial automation, or similar fields.
- Experience spanning FPGA programming, systems programming, hardware interfaces, and communication protocols.
- Experience monitoring and debugging software directly on target hardware.
- Preferred experience with model-based development, hardware-in-the-loop testing, automated testing, or safety-critical software development.
Benefits
- Opportunity to work on hardware and infrastructure for commercial stellarator fusion and next-generation clean-energy technology.
- Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford.
- Interview process includes a recruiter interview, technical screening, and technical panel.
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About Proxima Fusion
Proxima Fusion designs and builds stellarator-based fusion power plants for utility-scale electricity generation, developing hardware, superconducting magnets, and control software to commercialize fusion energy. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Munich, it is a privately held spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) with teams in Munich, Zurich, and Oxford. The company advances the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator lineage through next-generation machines (Alpha and Stellaris) on the path to commercial deployment.