Senior Molten Salt Engineer for Fusion & Transmutation

Shine Event Staffing; Fitchburg (WI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SHINE Technologies, LLC is seeking a Senior Molten Salt Engineer to lead SHINE’s molten salt capability from glovebox to pilot system. You will purify salts, design test loops, and generate data to drive design requirements for transmutation and fusion blanket systems.

The role emphasizes data‑driven decisions, simple, safe design, and on‑site laboratory work with occasional travel for vendor teams. Hybrid arrangements may be considered with regular onsite presence in Wisconsin.

Qualifications

• Experience with molten salts and high‑temperature systems.
• Ability to oversee multiple projects in a changing priority environment.
• Experience designing, building, and operating first‑of‑a‑kind salt test loops.
• Proven ability to justify design choices and simplify where possible.
• Strong written and oral communication for vendor and team collaboration.
• Knowledge of corrosion, materials compatibility and salt purification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain synthesis, purification, and handling of chloride and fluoride salts.
• Design, build, and operate glovebox‑scale experiments and salt loops.
• Establish salt chemistry, redox control, and analytical methods.
• Plan corrosion and materials testing for salts and interpret results.
• Prepare design packages: piping, vessels, heat tracing, materials selection.
• Lead or participate in hazard and operability studies and design reviews.
• Write equipment specs and work with vendors through fabrication.
• Perform acceptance reviews of vendor reports and calculations.

Skills

Molten salt chemistry

High‑temperature handling

Glovebox operations

Experimental loop design

Hazard & safety judgment

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, or related

Job description

SHINE Technologies, LLC is seeking a Senior Molten Salt Engineer to lead SHINE’s molten salt capability from glovebox to pilot system. You will purify salts, design test loops, and generate data to drive design requirements for transmutation and fusion blanket systems.

The role emphasizes data‑driven decisions, simple, safe design, and on‑site laboratory work with occasional travel for vendor teams. Hybrid arrangements may be considered with regular onsite presence in Wisconsin.