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title: Controls & Simulation Engineer — OPAL RT at Zealogics
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| **Company** | Zealogics |
| **Location** | San Diego, CA |
| **Type** | Contractor |
| **Posted** | Oct 11, 2026 |

## Is this job real?

**Ghost job check:** C · Some flags. Mostly fine, a few things to check.

## Visa sponsorship

- **H-1B:** Zealogics sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 7 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4).
- **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Zealogics.

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## Description

**About the role**  
You will build the real-time simulation models that drive the HIL bench — plasma source, power delivery, thermal and actuator models — in OPAL-RT and Simulink, working closely with the on-site lead in the US.

**What you'll do**

- Develop, parameterize and validate plant models in MATLAB/Simulink and port them to OPAL-RT targets (RT-LAB / HYPERSIM)
- Build I/O configurations, signal routing and fault-injection scenarios for the bench
- Tune model fidelity against reference data and document model assumptions and limits
- Support closed-loop integration runs with the US lead; analyze results and iterate models
- Produce model documentation, test evidence and weekly status inputs

**What you bring**

- 4–7 years in control systems, power electronics simulation or real-time modelling
- Hands-on OPAL-RT or equivalent (dSPACE, Speedgoat, Typhoon HIL) experience — mandatory
- Strong MATLAB/Simulink, Stateflow; C/C++ for S-functions
- Understanding of power converters, PWM control, PID/state-space control, and sensor/actuator modelling
- BE/ME in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation or Controls

**Nice to have:** FPGA-based I/O (eFPGASIM), Python scripting, experience with laser/plasma/RF system
## Skills

- Reference Data Management
- Scripting
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (Hil) Testing
- dSPACE
- Python
- Fault Injection
- Control Systems
- The MathWorks Stateflow
- MATLAB
- Power Electronics
- Computer Vision
- C++
- Simulations
- Simulink
- Pulse-Width Modulation
- Field-Programmable Gate Array (Fpga)

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