Electrical R&D Engineer

Thea Energy Inc.; Kansas; On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Thea Energy is seeking an Electrical R&D Engineer in the United States to design, build, commission, and support electrical and power supply systems for its technology development programs. This role emphasizes hands-on work with both commercial and custom power supplies and rapid testing to iterate designs.

Close coordination with the controls team is essential to ensure integrated power commands, sensor feedback, protection functions, and operating sequences work as a single system.

Responsibilities

• Designs, builds, commissions, and supports electrical and power supply systems for Thea Energy's technology development programs.
• Works with prototype equipment, experimental test stands, and new electrical infrastructure for high-temperature superconducting magnet test facilities.

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 Electrical R&D Engineer designs, builds, commissions, and supports electrical and power supply systems for Thea Energy's technology development programs. The work moves quickly from concept to hardware and includes prototype equipment, experimental test stands, and new electrical infrastructure for high-temperature superconducting magnet test facilities.

This position requires substantial hands-on experience with commercial off-the-shelf power supplies and with custom power supply system development. The engineer is expected to build hardware, measure its performance, diagnose faults, and revise designs rapidly as test requirements evolve. Close coordination with the controls team is essential because power commands, sensor feedback, protection functions, and operating sequences must work as one system.

It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above.

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.