Mechanical Engineer

Job description

**About Fuse** We are building one of the most potentially consequential companies of the century. Our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to fusion energy while safeguarding humankind. This is not a normal company. This is not a normal job. We are committed for the long term to win. ## **About the Role** As a Mechanical Engineer at Fuse, you'll be responsible for end-to-end mechanical design of pulsed-power machines — from concept through detailed design, working directly with electrical, controls, and pulsed-power teams to turn requirements into hardware. You'll drive design reviews, keep drawing packages current, and stay hands-on through assembly as machines evolve through testing. ## **Core Responsibilities** - Be responsible for end-to-end mechanical design of pulsed-power machines, from concept through detailed design across multiple subsystems. - Gather and integrate requirements from electrical, controls, and pulsed-power teams into cohesive mechanical designs. - Coordinate procurement and manufacturing, working directly with vendors and suppliers to ensure parts are produced to specification and on schedule. - Drive design reviews, be responsible for the drawing package, and manage action items through rapid iteration cycles. - Be hands-on during machine assembly, providing direct technical oversight and ensuring build intent is executed to specification. - Oversee site work, ensuring procedures are followed correctly and fielding technical questions in real time. - Support existing builds and lead design iterations as machines evolve through testing and development. ## **Minimum Qualifications** - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience. - 2+ years of experience with SolidWorks/Siemens NX and CAD modeling; internships count toward this requirement. - Demonstrated experience working on a team and achieving a common goal. - Ability to create detailed engineering drawings, assembly procedures, and reports, with proficient application of GD&T tolerancing practices (ASME Y14.5), and participate in design reviews. - Experience hosting and driving design reviews, capturing and resolving action items, and iterating quickly in fast-paced development cycles. - Experience with weldment and sheet-metal component design, including familiarity with fabrication constraints, tolerancing, and drawing standards. - 1+ years of experience running FEA and verifying results with hand calculations. - Ability and willingness for bi-coastal travel. ## **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience in data management. - Experience designing components or systems for pulsed-power applications, including energy storage, capacitor banks, switching hardware, or transmission lines. - Hands-on experience with vacuum hardware and system design encompassing chamber geometry, structural analysis, vacuum-compatible material selection, UHV cleanliness, and outgassing requirements. ## **What We Value** - Give a shit. Build things you're proud of. - Take responsibility. If something is broken and you can fix it, fix it. See things through. - Move fast. Make decisions, learn quickly, and keep moving forward. - Think bigger. Simplify relentlessly. Don't default to the safe answer. - Disagree and commit. The best idea wins. Once a decision is made, we move. - Desire to win. This is hard. Expect intensity. We are here to win. - Plan B is to make Plan A work. ## **Additional Requirements** Must be able to travel and work extended hours/weekends as needed. ## **Benefits** - Medical, dental, and vision coverage. - Relocation assistance for roles that require it. - Flexible time off. Take what you need, no accrual tracking. - 2 weeks of paid time off built into the end of each year, subject to team and business needs. - Supportive leave of absence policies. - Paid leave for new parents. ## **ITAR Requirements** To conform to U.S. Government technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. ## **Equal Opportunity** Fuse is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Fuse is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, ancestry, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.