Control Systems Manager

Thea Energy Inc.; Kansas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Thea Energy in the United States seeks a Control Systems Manager to lead the day-to-day development, realization, integration, commissioning, and maintenance of control systems for its fusion technology programs.

This role directs a multidisciplinary team of instrumentation, embedded systems, LabVIEW, software, and data specialists, translating program requirements into safe, reliable, and maintainable systems in lab and field environments.

Qualifications

• Lead the design and integration of control systems for complex experimental facilities.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary teams to meet program requirements.
• Ensure safe, reliable, and maintainable system implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, integration, commissioning, and maintenance of control systems.
• Direct a multidisciplinary team of engineers, technicians, and specialists.
• Translate program requirements into actionable system specifications and tests.

Skills

Control systems engineering

Systems engineering

Team leadership

Instrumentation

Tools

LabVIEW

Electrical test equipment

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.

Position Overview:

The Control Systems Manager leads the day-to-day development, realization, integration, commissioning, and maintenance of control systems for Thea Energy's technology development programs. The scope includes prototype equipment, experimental test stands, and superconducting-magnet test facilities. The manager converts approved program and test requirements into safe, reliable, maintainable control and data systems.

The manager directly supervises a multidisciplinary team that includes instrumentation engineers, embedded systems engineers, LabVIEW developers, software engineers, data management engineers, industrial controls engineers, technicians, and other specialists. The role combines people leadership, detailed delivery planning, systems engineering, and hands-on work in laboratory and field environments.

It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy.

Diversity and Inclusion:

Thea Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a company of diverse backgrounds. By creating a diverse environment, we will bring new ideas and approaches to solving some of the world’s hardest (and most important) problems. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, family or marital status, age, disability, veteran’s status, or other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.