Data Engineer — Build Pipelines for Fusion Innovation

Fusion Energy Base; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Xcimer Energy is seeking a Data Engineer to build and maintain data pipelines across multiple business systems in Denver, CO. You will translate requirements into dashboards and robust tooling that enable data-driven decisions across operations, manufacturing, and design engineering.

Required 5+ years in data engineering within aerospace/defense/advanced manufacturing, with Python, SQL, Spark, and Databricks experience. On-site role with a strong emphasis on governance and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of data engineering experience in aerospace, defense, semiconductor, or advanced manufacturing/R&D.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; Spark experience preferred.
• Strong data modeling, ETL pipelines, relational databases; SQL experience with Databricks and AWS S3.
• Experience building interactive dashboards/visualizations (Plotly/Dash, Streamlit, or similar).
• Ability to learn new technical domains quickly and translate complex systems into robust tools.
• Strong communication, organizational, and documentation skills.
• U.S. citizenship or eligible status.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines across CAD/CAE, PLM, ERP, procurement, and other systems to close data gaps and drive business decisions.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and error handling to minimize data pipeline disruptions.
• Translate product and business requirements into tools, dashboards, and demos.
• Streamline existing systems and workflows through automation to boost operational efficiency.
• Collaborate across operations, manufacturing, supply chain, design engineering, experimental physics, computation, and controls.
• Document design decisions and manage stakeholder change during tool rollouts.
• Support data governance by documenting ownership, lineage, and access requirements as new systems come online.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modeling

ETL pipelines

Dashboards

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Spark (PySpark/Spark SQL)

Databricks Lakehouse

AWS S3

Job description

Xcimer Energy is seeking a Data Engineer to build and maintain data pipelines across multiple business systems in Denver, CO. You will translate requirements into dashboards and robust tooling that enable data-driven decisions across operations, manufacturing, and design engineering.

Required 5+ years in data engineering within aerospace/defense/advanced manufacturing, with Python, SQL, Spark, and Databricks experience. On-site role with a strong emphasis on governance and collaboration.