Director of Electrical Engineering Systems, Fusion Power

U.S. Fusion Energy; Illinois; On-site; USD 185,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range

Comprehensive health benefits

Employee equity stock options

20 days PTO

Job summary

Thea Energy is seeking a Director of Electrical Engineering Systems in the United States to lead end-to-end electrical design for the Eos stellarator project. You will oversee three groups—Electrical Distribution, Power Electronics, and Electronics Systems Engineering—and ensure safe, testable, and integrated architectures.

You will drive engineering governance, vendor interactions, and commissioning readiness, while building high-performance teams in a fast-growing fusion energy company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary organization spanning power systems, power electronics, and embedded electronics.
• Establish engineering operating rhythm: planning, prioritization, technical reviews, staffing plans.
• Set technical direction and ensure consistent engineering quality across requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, and documentation.
• Own the plant-level electrical architecture, including utility interface, substation and distribution design, grounding and protection philosophy.
• Guide system modeling and simulation efforts including load flow, short-circuit, and transient studies.
• Lead integration strategy for compensation and storage assets such as STATCOM for load shaping, ride-through capability, and power recovery.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Electrical safety

High-power engineering

System integration

Power systems knowledge

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

DIgSILENT PowerFactory

PSCAD

SKM

CYME

PLECS

LTspice

Simulink

Altium

OrCAD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Power analyzers

Electronic loads

Job description

Thea Energy is seeking a Director of Electrical Engineering Systems in the United States to lead end-to-end electrical design for the Eos stellarator project. You will oversee three groups—Electrical Distribution, Power Electronics, and Electronics Systems Engineering—and ensure safe, testable, and integrated architectures.

You will drive engineering governance, vendor interactions, and commissioning readiness, while building high-performance teams in a fast-growing fusion energy company.