Control Engineer & LabVIEW Developer

Michael
Signorelli

Lead Control Engineer -
Plasma Fusion Systems

12+ years of experience in LabVIEW development and hardware integration. Specializing in high-speed control and data acquisition systems within a large distributed system. Currently leading a team of LabVIEW developers responsible for the control systems in a plasma fusion experiment.

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Background

Hi! I'm a Controls Engineer with over a decade of experience designing and leading the development of LabVIEW based control systems. My work has spanned high voltage power supplies, lasers, vision-based measurement systems, and most recently, the control infrastructure behind a large-scale plasma fusion experiment.

Alongside my engineering work, I've spent time mentoring developers and building team processes. Before moving into industry, I taught engineering courses as part-time faculty at San Jose State University. I've also branched into web and app development, which has given me a broader perspective on software design.

I hold an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University and I am a Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD).

  • Years of Experience 12+
  • Languages
    • LabVIEW
    • HTML/CSS
    • JS/jQuery
    • Python
    • PowerShell
  • Certification CLD
  • Education M.S. Mech Engineering

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Work Experience

February 2022 – Present

Lead Control Engineer, Infrastructure & Diagnostics

TAE Technologies - Foothill Ranch, CA

Leading a team of 3 LabVIEW developers building real-time control systems for a large-scale plasma fusion experiment. Responsible for technical direction, framework architecture, infrastructure components, and cross-team collaboration. Personal development is focused on critical systems including high voltage power supplies, gas injection, lasers, and experiment-wide deployment tooling.

February 2018 – February 2022

Senior Control Engineer

TAE Technologies - Foothill Ranch, CA

Designed and developed ~20 high-speed control and data acquisition systems for the same plasma fusion experiment. Integrated National Instruments and third-party hardware. Served as a primary point of contact between operations and control systems.

February 2014 – February 2018

Lead Software (LabVIEW) Engineer

Angle Systems - San Jose, CA

Led all software development for multiple vision-based measurement systems. Worked closely with customers to deliver products that allowed them to speed up and increase efficiency in their measurement processes. Validated software through gage repeatability and reproducibility studies and provided on-site and remote support.

August 2011 – February 2014

Project Engineer

Angle Systems - San Jose, CA

Part-time engineering role held while completing my M.S. at SJSU. Began LabVIEW development by building out data processing modules that were integrated into vision-based measurement systems. Also contributed to early company infrastructure by deploying the company's website.

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Technical Skills

Hardware

  • NI PXI/e
  • NI CompactRIO
  • NI DAQmx
  • NI IMAQdx
  • Protocols: Serial, Modbus, TCP/IP, .NET, ActiveX

Software

  • NI LabVIEW: FPGA, Real-time, and Vision
  • Python
  • HTML/CSS/JS/jQuery
  • PowerShell
  • REST API Development

Control Systems

  • High Voltage Power Supplies
  • Class IV Lasers
  • Gas Regulation/Injection
  • Spectrometers
  • Cameras

Data Visualization

  • MySQL
  • MDSplus
  • TDM Streaming
  • InfluxDB
  • Grafana

DevOps and Doc

  • Git
  • GitLab
  • CI/CD
  • Confluence
  • Jira