Jobs at Thea Energy

Leads manufacturing strategy, factory layout, process development, facility commissioning, capital equipment acquisition, and scale-up for high-temperature superconducting magnet production. Partners with design and physics teams on manufacturability, manages tooling and automated assembly systems, establishes process engineering and continuous improvement frameworks, resolves supplier and manufacturing bottlenecks, mentors technical staff, and oversees schedules, risks, and capital expenditures.

Leads thermal and cryogenic design for high-temperature superconducting magnet systems and test facilities. Responsibilities include modeling cooling systems, thermal and structural FEA, specifying cryogenic hardware, conducting prototype testing from 20K to 77K, troubleshooting vacuum and thermal issues, and mentoring engineers. The role requires deep expertise in cryogenic engineering, vacuum systems, low-temperature materials, superconducting magnet cooling, cryocoolers, thermal simulation, CAD, cryogen handling, and sensor integration.

Lead the full lifecycle of large-scale high-temperature superconducting magnet systems for fusion hardware. Responsibilities include HTS cable and magnet design, multiphysics analysis, quench protection, manufacturing oversight, electro-mechanical and cryogenic integration, qualification testing, failure analysis, vendor management, commissioning, and program risk mitigation. The role requires extensive experience with fusion-scale superconducting magnets, large manufacturing programs, cryogenic testing, and cross-functional systems engineering leadership.

Leads the full lifecycle of large-scale HTS fusion magnet cryogenic systems, from concept and design through fabrication, commissioning, and decommissioning. Responsibilities include cryo-thermal architecture, thermal-hydraulic modeling, quench and fault management, cryogenic plant integration, current-lead and joint cooling, vendor governance, testing, and operational validation. The role also leads multidisciplinary engineering teams, design reviews, requirements flowdown, risk mitigation, and mentorship.

Lead hardware verification and validation for superconducting magnets, cryogenic systems, and high-vacuum components. Develop test strategies, oversee custom cryogenic and high-power test stands, analyze failure data, manage specialized vendors, and enforce safety standards. Mentor test engineers and technicians while collaborating across manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, controls, and physics teams to qualify fusion-energy hardware.

Lead the architectural design, development, and commissioning of automated reel-to-reel manufacturing systems for superconducting magnets. Own web handling, tension control, winding, steering, inline inspection, and process automation. Guide manufacturing and design teams as the technical subject matter expert, manage equipment vendors and integrators, and improve throughput, yield, and reliability through advanced electromechanical solutions.

Manage strategic sourcing and technical subcontracts for commercial fusion systems. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating complex supplier agreements, managing vendor performance against statements of work, protecting intellectual property, assessing global suppliers, coordinating engineering, finance, and legal stakeholders, and mitigating financial, operational, and legal risks.

Supports internal and corporate communications by creating and editing content, telling employee stories, strengthening employer brand surfaces, and keeping colleagues informed. Coordinates communications projects, systems, vendors, events, and logistics while collaborating with People, Talent, Facilities, and Engineering teams. The role also applies AI tools to drafting, research, and process improvement, manages confidential information, and helps build scalable communications processes.

Conduct an independent fusion physics research project under senior mentorship. Responsibilities include literature reviews, simulations, data analysis, stellarator design support, collaboration with mechanical and electrical engineers, translating modeling results into engineering specifications, tracking research goals, and presenting findings. Projects may involve plasma confinement, stellarator optimization, divertor and edge physics, plasma-material interactions, diagnostics, energetic particles, or fusion neutronics.

Supports HTS magnet manufacturing and testing through documentation, tooling and fixture development, inventory and BOM management, procurement, quality checks, and production metric tracking. Collaborates with test engineers, magnet designers, and manufacturing engineers to apply lessons learned to future designs. The role includes hands-on prototyping, fabrication, assembly, commissioning, and multidisciplinary engineering problem-solving in an industrial facility with cryogenic, high-voltage, high-current, and magnetic hazards.

Manage and optimize high-bandwidth, low-latency VFX network infrastructure supporting render farms, storage, cloud rendering, artist collaboration, and remote workstations. Configure AWS Deadline Cloud, troubleshoot Maya and Arnold rendering, build asset-transfer and per-show environment systems, optimize Linux and Windows pipelines, and document architecture and procedures. The role requires strong Python and Bash scripting, networking, storage, systems administration, render-farm, and VFX pipeline expertise.

Leads site selection and development strategy for first-of-a-kind fusion energy projects. Responsibilities include defining site criteria, negotiating incentives and grants, coordinating with government agencies, navigating permitting and regulatory processes, engaging local communities, managing land-use and environmental risks, aligning technical site-readiness requirements, and establishing schedules and cost baselines for acquisition and construction.

Perform reduced-physics and engineering model implementation, build coupled integrated-model workflows, run constrained numerical optimization of designs, and train surrogate models on high-fidelity simulation outputs. Work focuses on stellarator plasma confinement and leveraging ML/surrogates to accelerate design exploration.

Support manufacturing engineering for HTS magnet assemblies: create and update SOPs, assist tooling/prototyping/commissioning, manage BOMs and inventory, evaluate vendor parts, track production metrics, and work with designers to incorporate shop-floor lessons. Also assist with basic IT/device support and documentation for employees.

Develop and implement manufacturing processes, tooling, and equipment for HTS magnet production. Create work instructions, BOMs, and quality criteria; procure vendor hardware; scale prototype processes to production; onboard technicians; track program milestones; and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Lead verification and validation for superconducting magnets, cryogenic and vacuum systems. Develop test strategies, design/build cryogenic/high-power test stands, analyze failure modes, manage vendors, and lead a test engineering team to ensure safe, standards-compliant hardware validation for fusion systems.

Lead design and development of embedded control and data-acquisition electronics for power and control systems. Tasks include schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection, prototype bring-up, debugging, signal integrity and isolation design, and cross-functional integration with firmware, power electronics, and diagnostics teams to ensure reliable, high-performance control hardware.

Design and integrate distributed control systems for a stellarator energy plant: develop control strategies, dynamic models (MATLAB/Simulink/Python), PLC/DCS/HMI/SCADA interfaces, implement and tune classical and advanced controllers, prepare documentation, coordinate with vendors, and support verification and commissioning.

Lead design, development, testing, and operation of plasma heating systems for Thea Energy. Manage and mentor multidisciplinary teams, budgets, vendors, and procurement. Own engineering design phases, system integration within a planar coil stellarator, safety and standards compliance, and roadmap planning for the Eos device and future plants. Advise on system architecture, diagnostics partnerships, and ensure timely project delivery.

Lead design and integration of power supplies, HV/MV distribution, substation architecture, STATCOM and BESS. Perform load flow, short-circuit, and transient simulations, model time-varying loads, define grounding and protection philosophies, develop single-line diagrams and specs, interface with EPCs/utilities, and oversee commissioning, FAT/SAT, and field verification.