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About the Role

Xcimer Energy is seeking an Embedded Engineer to design, bring-up, and integrate custom electronics and firmware for laser and pulsed power systems. This role is crucial for developing multi-kilojoule-class pulsed lasers for air defense applications and contributing to the company's mission of deploying fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals.

Responsibilities

Design, simulate, and lay out mixed-signal printed circuit boards, including schematic capture, component selection, and multi-layer layout in Altium Designer.
Design, implement, and maintain firmware for microcontroller and FPGA SoC based boards in C/C++, including drivers, board support, communication stacks, and application logic.
Own assigned boards and their firmware end to end: derive requirements with system owners, produce design documentation, present at design reviews, manage fabrication and assembly, and support installation and commissioning.
Perform board bring-up and debug at the register and signal level, root-cause hardware and firmware issues together, and close out findings through documented design changes.
Implement deterministic, real-time control and data acquisition, including interrupt handling, DMA, timing and trigger capture, and RTOS based execution.
Integrate custom electronics with the broader control system, including PLC and EtherCAT I/O, LabVIEW and Python based data acquisition, and precision timing and trigger networks.
Develop test procedures, automated test fixtures, hardware-in-the-loop tests, and regression tests, and document verification and acceptance results.
Solicit feedback from end users such as operators, physicists, and controls engineers, and close the design loop through iterative improvements.
Lead small projects or work packages, coordinating with controls, mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams, and begin mentoring junior engineers and interns.
Contribute to Electrical Engineering department standards, including design guides, component libraries, coding standards, shared firmware libraries, and design review practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field.
Typically 5+ years of relevant experience spanning embedded hardware and firmware development, or a PhD with relevant hands-on embedded experience.
Solid foundation in analog and digital circuit design, including mixed-signal PCB design and power supply design.
Solid foundation in embedded C/C++ on bare-metal and RTOS based targets, including peripheral configuration at the register level.
Solid foundation in real-time systems, interrupts, DMA, and deterministic timing.
Solid foundation in signal integrity, grounding, and EMI/EMC fundamentals.
Proficient in debugging hardware and firmware together using JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
Working knowledge of microcontroller families (ARM Cortex-M such as STM32, NXP, or TI) and at least one RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or similar).
Working knowledge of common communication interfaces, including SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, and USB.
Experience with version control (Git) and structured design and code review processes.
Ability to work independently on problems of diverse scope, with work reviewed at critical milestones.
Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance if required by future program work.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Skills

Altium Designer
C/C++
Embedded C/C++
Bare-metal programming
RTOS
FreeRTOS
Zephyr
ARM Cortex-M
STM32
NXP
TI
SPI
I2C
UART
CAN
Ethernet
USB
Git
JTAG/SWD debuggers
Oscilloscopes
Logic analyzers
Protocol analyzers
FPGA development
Xilinx/AMD
Intel
Microchip
HDL
High-speed ADC/DAC interfaces
Embedded Linux
Yocto
Buildroot
Device trees
Kernel drivers
ARM SoC platforms
Beckhoff TwinCAT/EtherCAT
PLCs
EtherCAT
Modbus
EPICS
Data acquisition
Signal processing
Test automation
PTP
White Rabbit
IRIG
DFM/DFT practices
Contract manufacturing
Mentoring junior engineers
Project leadership

Location

Denver, CO

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

5+ years of relevant experience
PhD with relevant hands-on embedded experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field

Salary/Compensations

$125,000 - $150,000 a year

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Basic and supplemental life insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Paid parental leave
401(k) with a company match of up to 6%
Equity
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid sick time
13 company-paid holidays
Annual paid company shutdown

About the Company

Xcimer Energy leverages decades of research on Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) combined with groundbreaking new laser architecture.
Our mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible.
Xcimer has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution.
Supported by leading investors, Xcimer is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change.
Join us in powering a better world with inertial fusion!

Equal Opportunity

Xcimer Energy is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force.
Xcimer Energy hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities.
We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members.
We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law.
Xcimer Energy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.