Data Engineer — Build Data Pipelines for Clean Energy

U.S. Fusion Energy; Illinois; On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

PTO & holidays

401(k) with match

Job summary

Xcimer Energy (Denver, CO) seeks a Data Engineer to integrate and maintain critical data systems across engineering, manufacturing, and business operations. You will build tools and dashboards that extract insights from the data lake to empower daily decision-making, in a hands-on role with broad impact.

This onsite position emphasizes operational excellence and scalable data solutions. Responsibilities include end-to-end data pipelines, monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering for aerospace, defense, semiconductor, or other advanced manufacturing/R&D.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; familiarity with Spark (PySpark/Spark SQL) strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL pipelines, relational databases and SQL. Experience with the Databricks Lakehouse platform (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, workflows) and AWS S3.
• Experience building interactive dashboards and visualizations (Plotly/Dash, Streamlit, or similar).
• Proven ability to learn new technical domains quickly and translate complex systems into robust tools.
• Strong communication, organizational, and documentation skills.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or eligible for lawful admission into the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines and integrations across CAD/CAE, PLM, ERP, procurement, and other business systems.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and error-handling practices to minimize disruption.
• Translate product and business requirements into tools, dashboards, and demos; streamline existing systems and workflows.
• Collaborate across business operations, manufacturing, supply chain, design engineering, experimental physics, computation, and controls.
• Drive clear, well-documented process and tool rollouts and manage stakeholder changes.
• Support data governance by documenting ownership, lineage, and access requirements.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Databricks

AWS S3

Data Modeling

ETL Pipelines

Dashboards

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science/CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks Lakehouse

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Plotly/Dash/Streamlit

AWS S3

Job description

Xcimer Energy (Denver, CO) seeks a Data Engineer to integrate and maintain critical data systems across engineering, manufacturing, and business operations. You will build tools and dashboards that extract insights from the data lake to empower daily decision-making, in a hands-on role with broad impact.

This onsite position emphasizes operational excellence and scalable data solutions. Responsibilities include end-to-end data pipelines, monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver