HTS Magnet Engineer

Job description

**About Thea Energy:** Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future. ### Key Responsibility Areas: - Rapidly design, build, and test HTS magnets - Develop specifications for magnets based on system design and performance goals - Optimize magnet design and run analysis using Multiphysics simulation software (e.g. Ansys EM, Structure, COMSOL, etc.) - Develop design tools, data analysis software, and algorithms using Python or similar - Incorporate design for manufacturing principles and support first builds - Produce design specifications and collaborate with vendors to get quotes and deliver hardware that meets qualifications - Support the implementation of tooling and manufacturing - Design and execute magnet testing - Track and report results and progress against program goals and milestones - Communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders ### Ideal Experience & Skillsets: - Experience with magnets, cryogenics, vacuum systems, or transformer design - Experience in design using CAD software (e.g. Solidworks, CATIA, NX, etc.) - Experience with Ansys and/or COMSOL - Experience specifying machining, welding, and fabrication requirements - Ability to work through and solve highly multidisciplinary engineering problems - Ability to take initiative, work independently and as part of a team - Ability to execute and flourish in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment - Comfortable working to aggressive deadlines - Exceptional work ethic - Strong team member with clear communication and collaboration skills - Innate desire to learn, innovate, and critique ideas including one’s own - At least a bachelor’s degree in physics, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials engineering, or related fields - Experience with magnetic confinement fusion, aerospace, medical devices, or other highly technical industries is ideal ### Company Benefits: - Salary range $85,000-$150,000 - Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision) - Employee equity stock options - 20 days PTO ### Requirements: - Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs. - Ability to perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time. - Willingness to occasionally travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call. - Ability to work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.