Fusion Modeling Intern: AI Surrogates & Design Optimization

U.S. Fusion Energy; Energy (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly wages

On-site internship experience

Job summary

Thea Energy is seeking an Integrated Modeling Intern for Fall 2026 to work on on-site projects in Kearny, NJ. The role focuses on developing reduced models and surrogate techniques for fusion confinement problems in a dynamic environment that blends AI with physics-driven design.

The ideal candidate has familiarity with toroidal plasma confinement devices, nonlinear optimization, and data-driven modeling, and is motivated to contribute to innovative fusion energy solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with toroidal plasma confinement devices.
• Experience with constrained nonlinear numerical optimization.
• Experience in systems studies or data science or ML.

Responsibilities

• Implement reduced models of physics phenomena and engineering systems.
• Generate coupled workflows of integrated models including constrained numerical optimization of designs.
• Train surrogate models on high-fidelity simulation outputs.

Skills

Toroidal plasma confinement

Nonlinear optimization

Systems studies

Data science

Machine learning

Job description

Thea Energy is seeking an Integrated Modeling Intern for Fall 2026 to work on on-site projects in Kearny, NJ. The role focuses on developing reduced models and surrogate techniques for fusion confinement problems in a dynamic environment that blends AI with physics-driven design.

The ideal candidate has familiarity with toroidal plasma confinement devices, nonlinear optimization, and data-driven modeling, and is motivated to contribute to innovative fusion energy solutions.