Helion
R&D Manager – Control Systems
$182K–$214K
Everett, WA · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jan 14, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of technical and performance management experience.
About the job
Manages the R&D Control Systems team developing and maintaining control and data acquisition systems for test bays, manufacturing, and large plasma machines.
What you'll do
- Lead delivery of reliable control and data acquisition systems and set technical direction across development practices.
- Develop scalable blended control-system architectures and use AI-assisted tools for code development, testing, and workflow automation.
- Manage and grow the engineering team, coordinate with stakeholders and leaders, and support hiring and team strategy.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of technical and performance management experience.
- 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
$182K – $214K (currency not stated; compensation type not stated)
Tools
LabVIEW, NI hardware, PXI, cRIO, FPGA, Python, C/C++, MATLAB
AI focus
Use AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate code development, unit testing, and workflow automation.
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