Lead Control & Imaging Software Engineer

As part of our team working on building India's first commercial Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) from scratch, your primary responsibility will be to design and develop the real-time beam controller on a Zynq Ultrascale+ (ARM+FPGA). You will be working on achieving a pixel clock of 20 MHz with 5 ns jitter, ensuring a blanking rise/fall time of less than 25 ns into 50. Additionally, you will implement closed-loop stage control utilizing high-resolution position feedback and update the PID at a frequency of 10 kHz. Your role will also involve streaming 16-bit detector data at a rate of 250 MB/s over PCIe to host memory. Furthermore, you will be tasked with delivering imaging algorithms such as auto-focus, auto-stigmation, and drift correction that run at 5 frames per second. To facilitate scripting and automated metrology, you will need to develop a clean and well-documented Python API. To excel in this role, you should possess at least 6 years of experience in C++17/C, Python, real-time Linux or RTOS. You should be comfortable working with FPGA toolchains like Vivado and Verilog. A strong background in DSP and control theory is essential, and you should be adept at using tools like scope probes and logic analyzers. Any prior experience with SEM, TEM, or other charged-particle systems would be considered a bonus. We are interested in learning about the most challenging technical problem you have successfully tackled and why you are excited about contributing to Bharat Atomic's mission. If you are passionate about turning first-principles physics into a manufacturable instrument and possess the required skills and experience, we encourage you to share your CV and Portfolio with us.,