Embedded Control Engineer

Proxima Fusion is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion company and the continent’s best-funded fusion player, as well as the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP). Backed by over €650M and powered by a growing team across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford, we are developing the hardware and infrastructure needed to deliver the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant.

Our concept advances the most mature fusion technology out there, the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator, through two next-generation machines: Alpha and Stellaris. Our work combines stellarator optimization, advanced computation, machine learning, and high-temperature superconducting magnets to unlock higher-performance designs that were previously out of reach.

Turning these designs into a functioning fusion power plant requires excellence and ownership across every discipline, from physics and engineering to software, manufacturing, law, and business functions.

In this role, you will play a key part in developing the embedded control platform and will translate functional and control requirements into embedded hardware and software architectures, select appropriate microcontrollers, DSP, FPGA, or other controller technologies, and develop real-time software close to the hardware implementation. Your work will directly influence the performance, reliability, safety, and will require close collaboration with power electronics, integrated electronics, mechanical, thermal, and system engineers.

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  Define embedded controller architectures for power electronic converters and select suitable microcontrollers, DSP, FPGA.

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  Translate power electronics and control requirements into efficient, deterministic, and robust real-time software implementations.

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  Develop, test, debug, and validate embedded software on target hardware, from individual software blocks through complete controller implementations and automated testing environments to validate the design.

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  Explore new controller technologies, embedded architectures, and software implementation concepts to improve converter performance, flexibility, reliability, functionality, and maintainability.

• You hold a University (Higher education) degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• You have a strong understanding of embedded architectures, and the practical considerations involved in selecting controllers for demanding real-time applications.

• You are an expert in embedded software development for real-time applications, preferably in power electronics, industrial automation, or similar applications, spanning FPGA programming, systems programming, hardware interfaces and communication protocols.

• You are experienced in monitoring and debugging software directly on target hardware

• Experience with model-based development, hardware-in-the-loop testing, automated testing, or safety-critical software development is a plus.

• Recruiter Interview (30-60 min)

• Technical Screening (30 min)

• Technical Panel (3x60 min)

At Proxima Fusion, our mission is bold: making limitless clean energy a reality. To get there, we need a high-performing, diverse team that brings different perspectives, challenges assumptions, and builds together with purpose. We know that diversity of thought and experience leads to better ideas, stronger execution, and a more resilient team. We don’t look at how you identify, what you look like, who you choose to worship or what ethnicity you are. We care about what you can bring to the table.