Real-Time MHD Reconstruction Physicist

Type One Energy Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Stock options

Insurance plans

Retirement options

Job summary

Type One Energy Group is seeking a Computational Physicist to build and advance a multi-fidelity MHD-Edge-Divertor modeling framework supporting optimization, stability analysis, equilibrium reconstruction, synthetic diagnostics, and real-time plasma control.

The role contributes to Infinity One and Infinity Two programs, enabling accelerated design, improved control strategies, and integrated diagnostics for next-generation stellarators.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with equilibrium reconstruction tools for magnetic fusion is desired.
• Working in a shared development workspace: Git, GitHub, GitLab or similar.
• Numerical modeling with Python, C/C++, Fortran.
• Familiarity with Unix, HPC and GPU computing: Bash, Slurm, MPI, OpenMP, JAX, CUDA.
• Familiarity with real-time control systems for fusion devices.
• Handling large data sets; work with engineers to reduce data set sizes.
• Generating reports and documents with MS Office and online tools such as Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and advance a multi-fidelity MHD-Edge-Divertor modeling framework for optimization and control.
• Contribute to high-performance simulation tools and predictive modeling for stellarators.
• Support real-time plasma optimization and AI-enhanced physics validation.
• Collaborate across physics and engineering to shape Infinity One/Two program performance.

Skills

Numerical modeling

Real-time control systems

Data handling

Report generation

Tools

Git

GitHub

GitLab

Bash

Slurm

MPI

OpenMP

JAX

CUDA

Job description

Type One Energy Group is seeking a Computational Physicist to build and advance a multi-fidelity MHD-Edge-Divertor modeling framework supporting optimization, stability analysis, equilibrium reconstruction, synthetic diagnostics, and real-time plasma control.

The role contributes to Infinity One and Infinity Two programs, enabling accelerated design, improved control strategies, and integrated diagnostics for next-generation stellarators.