Senior Systems Engineer — Fusion & Test Infra (Equity)

Avalanche Energy; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical, dental and vision

10 paid holidays

Generous vacation and sick time

Equity

Team meals and events

On-site kitchen

Job summary

Avalanche Energy is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to join the PMO and Systems Engineering team in Seattle. This hands-on role focuses on systems engineering and technical program integration across fusion development programs, collaborating with plasma physics, mechanical, EE/DAQ, nuclear, and test infrastructure engineers.

You will move between system-level thinking and detailed execution, defining experiments, tracing interfaces, and turning developing architecture into requirements and an

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering experience in multidisciplinary hardware or technology development.
• Experience applying core systems engineering practices: requirements, interfaces, architecture, verification & validation, risk management.
• Experience integrating across multiple technical disciplines and resolving system-level dependencies and tradeoffs.
• Track record turning incomplete or evolving technical problems into structured requirements, decisions and executable work.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering and technical integration across Orbitron devices and major test capabilities from concept to commissioning.
• Translate scientific and experimental needs into system requirements, architecture, interfaces, development plans, and verification approaches across hardware, diagnostics, controls, high voltage, and test infrastructure.
• Coordinate work across scientific and engineering disciplines, driving technical reviews, trade studies, interface resolution, and system-level decisions for an integrated test capability.
• Lead system definition and technical integration for FusionWERX, including concept of operations, facility requirements, interfaces, and technical scope.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Architecture

Verification & validation

Risk management

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Technical reviews

Trade studies

Job description

Avalanche Energy is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to join the PMO and Systems Engineering team in Seattle. This hands-on role focuses on systems engineering and technical program integration across fusion development programs, collaborating with plasma physics, mechanical, EE/DAQ, nuclear, and test infrastructure engineers.

You will move between system-level thinking and detailed execution, defining experiments, tracing interfaces, and turning developing architecture into requirements and an