Burning Plasma Scientist — ML Surrogates for Fusion Design

Thea Energy; Kearny (NJ); On-site; USD 135,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Employee equity stock options

20 days PTO

Job summary

Thea Energy, located in Kearny, New Jersey, is seeking a Burning Plasma Scientist to join our Physics team. In this role, you will focus on modeling energetic particle confinement and conducting high-fidelity simulations, while collaborating closely with our engineering team.

We offer a salary range of $135,000-$210,000 along with comprehensive health benefits and employee equity stock options. Join us in revolutionizing fusion energy!

Qualifications

• PhD in Plasma Physics, Computational Physics, or related field.
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in scientific computing.
• Experience in developing Machine Learning surrogates for physical systems.

Responsibilities

• Execute and analyze high-fidelity simulations using particle-following codes.
• Investigate Alfvén Eigenmode stability using kinetic-MHD hybrid codes.
• Develop reduced-order models and ML surrogates trained on simulation databases.
• Collaborate with engineering team on coil designs.
• Develop synthetic diagnostics to bridge models and experiments.

Skills

Programming (Python, Fortran, C++, MATLAB)

Collaborative problem solving

Familiarity with kinetic, MHD codes

Machine Learning surrogates development

Energetic particle diagnostics

Education

PhD in Plasma Physics or related field

Master’s/Bachelor’s with equivalent research experience

Job description

Thea Energy, located in Kearny, New Jersey, is seeking a Burning Plasma Scientist to join our Physics team. In this role, you will focus on modeling energetic particle confinement and conducting high-fidelity simulations, while collaborating closely with our engineering team.

We offer a salary range of $135,000-$210,000 along with comprehensive health benefits and employee equity stock options. Join us in revolutionizing fusion energy!