The Role
Leads 8–15 process engineers developing and releasing work instructions for SPARC Tokamak assembly. Oversees engineering workflows, planning tools, mechanical assembly standards, design feedback, talent development, and resolution of technical issues. Requires collaboration with design and field assembly teams, occasional hands-on assembly support, vendor travel, and onsite work during assembly operations.
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About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy.
Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers, suppliers, and many others to build the energy industry of the future.
We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised $4 billion of capital, making us the largest and leading fusion company in the world.
Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.
If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.
Join the power movement as Manager, Process Engineering - Assembly
The Manager, Process Engineering is an organizational leader accountable for the management, engineering oversight, and efficient development and release of all engineering created work instructions across all elements of the SPARC Tokamak build. The role will manage a team of 8 to 15 engineers spread across the in work and soon to start stations of SPARC Assembly. As manager, the role at its core requires supporting the effective organization, tasking, and development of the individual contributors on the team while also driving efficiency and technical development tools to most effectively complete the thousands of planning tasks prior to the planned start of work. Additionally, the leadership role requires close collaboration with Field Assembly Engineering peers (who scope and discretize the work) and design engineering counterparts supplying inputs and technical detail. The role involves a high degree and quantity of decision making around technical approaches to a wide variety of mechanical challenges to keep the team unblocked and on task. At the core, the manager will refine existing processes, develop individual talent, and resolve pop up issues to create the most complete set of work instructions needed to build CFS’s technically complex SPARC Tokmakak.
What you'll do:
- Lead a team of eight to fifteen process engineers to develop, release and implement the technical engineering work instruction to construct the SPARC device
- Translate department-level strategy into actionable group objectives and manageable project timelines
- Define and optimize process engineering workflows and internal standards to improve successful solution outcome rate and team efficiency
- Oversee the full development of tracking and priority tools to concurrently manage hundreds of individual planning tasks for the SPARC Assembly effort.
- Establish and reinforce best practices for mechanical assembly, including standards for aligning, installation, and rework
- Manage all aspects of the group's talent, including hiring, training, and setting clear performance expectations
- Coach and mentor team members, actively contributing to their technical growth and professional career development
- Build relationships across the organization to influence design direction and resolve technical conflicts with stakeholders
- Provide design feedback to SPARC sub-system designs with a focus on manufacturing and assembly. Participate in both formal and informal design reviews to ensure what is delivered can be assembled
- Support hands on operations during Tokamak Assembly serving a variety of roles in the process
- Work with teammates in a collaborative fashion to receive feedback early and often to ensure all requirements are met. Many SPARC projects involve high loads, vacuum requirements, and complex manipulation requiring the involvement and review of adjacent sub system experts
What we’re looking for:
- Civil, Structural, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering BS
- 7+ years of Mechanical Engineering Experience demonstrating project ownership
- 2+ years experience directly managing an engineering team or a large scale engineering project as an individual contributor.
- 2+ years of experience with CAD software
Bonus points for:
- 8+ years of Mechanical Engineering Experience demonstrating project ownership
- 4+ years experience directly managing an engineering team or a large scale engineering project as an individual contributor
- 3 years of experience with Siemens NX
- Lifting operations experience
- Knowledge of welding
- Knowledge of piping and tubing construction and joining
- Experience with highly complex or delicate assemblies
- Experience with assembly or integration in tightly packaged spaces
- Experience with fast-paced and dynamic construction, manufacturing, or assembly/integration builds
Must-have Requirements:
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs
- Perform activities such as typing, standing, stooping, climbing or sitting for extended periods of time
- Travel occasionally required for vendor visits during tool fabrication phases
- Required onsite 5 days/week when assembly operations with relevant tools are underway, with possible first or second shift assignment
- Work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics
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At CFS, we excel in fast-paced environments, driven by our values of integrity, execution, impact, and self-critique. As we grow, we’re eager to bring on mission-driven folks who offer diverse perspectives and fresh ways to tackle challenges.
We value diversity deeply and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer by choice. We consider all qualified applicants equally, regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law.
This role requires compliance with U.S. laws concerning the export of controlled or protected technologies or information (collectively, “Export Control Laws"). Any offer of employment will be contingent on the need for compliance with such Export Control Laws.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
- 7+ years of mechanical engineering experience demonstrating project ownership
- 2+ years directly managing an engineering team or a large-scale engineering project as an individual contributor
- 2+ years of experience with CAD software
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to type, stand, stoop, climb, or sit for extended periods
- Occasional travel for vendor visits during tool fabrication phases
- Ability to work onsite five days per week during assembly operations, including possible first- or second-shift assignments
- 4+ years directly managing an engineering team or a large-scale engineering project
- 3 years of experience with Siemens NX
- Lifting operations experience
- Knowledge of welding, piping, and tubing construction and joining
- Experience with complex or delicate assemblies and tightly packaged integration spaces
- Experience with fast-paced construction, manufacturing, or assembly/integration builds
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The Company
What We Do
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. CFS is collaborating with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with new groundbreaking high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. CFS is now building SPARC, the world's first commercially relevant, net energy fusion demonstration device. SPARC will pave the way for the first fusion power plant, ARC, that will produce power on the grid. The ultimate mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
