Principle Control Systems Engineer (f/m/d)
About Focused Energy
Focused Energy is an international deep-tech company based in Germany and the US, working to commercialize laser-driven nuclear fusion. Our mission is to provide clean, safe, and virtually unlimited energy to the world. We are rapidly scaling and looking for talented individuals who thrive in building clarity and structure within fast-growing environments.
Join us as a Principal Control Systems Engineer and help to provide the clean energy of the future. In this role, you will help shape the long-term control systems architecture and technical vision, defining standards and leading the end‑to‑end delivery of critical control systems across our experimental and production environments in Germany and the USA, in collaboration with a passionate, cross‑functional team.
What You’ll Do
Design the system‑level architecture for control systems across facilities, making strategic platform and technology choices in collaboration with program and system owners
Direct real‑time and embedded control solution implementation, selecting and guiding use of PLC, FPGA and other real‑time platforms, balancing performance, reliability, safety and cost trade‑offs
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