The Role
Responsible for driving engineering projects in superconducting, leading cross-functional teams, managing timelines, budgets, and risks, with a focus on safety and collaboration.
Summary Generated by Built In
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 working with policymakers and suppliers to build the energy industry of the future.
We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised nearly $3 billion in capital, making us the largest and leading private 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 a Senior Technical Project Manager
We are seeking an exceptional and results-driven Technical Project Manager to join our Superconducting R&D team in Milpitas, CA.
What you'll do:
- Drive engineering projects within Superconducting from inception to completion:
- ➢ Near-term focus will be driving Superconducting systems through final design, working with a cross-functional team of engineers, scientists, designers, and analysts
- ➢ Longer-term focus: Lead and oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of complex engineering projects, including design, procurement, and build activities
- Take ownership of project success: set project milestones & ensuring all deliverables are met while adhering to strict budget and timeline parameters
- Develop comprehensive project plans, outlining project scope, goals, deliverables, resources, and timeline to meet strategic targets
Key Responsibility - Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Lead a cross-functional team composed of engineers, designers, analysts, procurement specialists, and other stakeholders
- Foster a collaborative and high-performance team culture to drive project execution and achieve collective goals
Key Responsibility - Budget & Schedule Management:
- May own responsibility, authority, and accountability for cost & schedule along with driving critical risk-based decisions throughout the project life cycle
- Monitor project timelines rigorously, identifying potential delays, devising, and implementing mitigation strategies to maintain project schedule
- Keep stakeholders informed about project progress through regular updates and reporting
Key Responsibility - Risk Management:
- Lead the active management of risks throughout the project lifecycle: Identifying risks, developing & driving mitigation plans, keep stakeholders informed about progress of risks through regular updates & risk reporting
What we’re looking for:
- Proven track record of managing complex engineering projects with excellent project management skills, exceptional leadership abilities, and a deep understanding of technical project lifecycles
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in engineering and project management working with a wide range of engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical and other areas
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Strong sense of self-motivation and personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with the capacity to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Possess a thorough understanding of project management, planning, and scheduling methods and techniques.
- Exceptional planning, organizational, and time management skills.
- Thorough understanding of engineering product life-cycle with experience in driving products through phase-gate design reviews such as CDR, PDR, FDR or equivalent
- Keen attention to safety
- Strong leadership abilities; comfortable taking on exciting challenges with minimal supervision
- Dynamic and creative: Thrives in a fast-paced environment where several interdependent technologies are being developed simultaneously. Foster an environment of innovation and creative problem-solving within the project team
- Team oriented: Comfortable and energized by working in a team with a wide variety of backgrounds and skillsets. You welcome constructive feedback and different perspectives
Bonus points for:
- Experience with magnets, large/heavy assembly processes, thermo-mechanical assemblies, machining, welding, and/or VPI (vacuum pressure impregnation)
- Experience working with Jira, Confluence
- Experience with scheduling tools such as MS Project, P6 or equivalent
- PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification
Must-have Requirements:
- Willingness to travel when required or work required nights/weekends/on-call
- Perform activities such as typing, stooping, climbing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
- 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.
Top Skills
Confluence
JIRA
Ms Project
P6
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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.
