Helion
R&D Lead – Control Systems
$147K–$182K
Everett, WA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
About the job
Leads Helion’s Control Systems team in developing and maintaining reliable control and data acquisition systems for R&D, testing, and manufacturing applications.
What you'll do
- Lead delivery of control and data acquisition systems and set technical direction for architecture and development practices.
- Develop scalable blended control architectures connecting LabVIEW and NI systems with text-based interfaces and workflows.
- Partner with stakeholders and coach engineers while addressing technical and staffing constraints.
What they ask for
- Technical leadership experience, including coaching or mentoring engineers; formal management experience is not required.
- Strong proficiency with LabVIEW and NI hardware, including PXI, cRIO, real-time systems, and FPGA.
- Experience developing control and data acquisition systems for large-scale, complex hardware.
- Experience integrating LabVIEW and NI systems with Python, C/C++, MATLAB, or other text-based code through APIs; experience using AI-assisted coding tools.
Pay
$147K – $182K (base salary)
Tools
LabVIEW, NI hardware, PXI, cRIO, FPGA, Python, C/C++, MATLAB
AI focus
Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate code development, unit testing, and workflow automation.
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