Senior Test Engineer

Thea Energy Inc.; Kansas; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Thea Energy Inc. is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to lead hardware verification and validation efforts for superconducting magnets and related technology in a fusion energy context.

You will work with test, manufacturing, mechanical, and physics teams to ensure designs meet stringent environment requirements while maintaining autonomy and adapting to a fast-paced startup setting.

Qualifications

• Drive verification and validation efforts for superconducting magnets and other critical technology.
• Cross-functional leadership across test, manufacturing, mechanical, and physics organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive verification and validation efforts for superconducting magnets and other critical technology, ensuring hardware meets fusion environment demands.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across test, manufacturing, mechanical, and physics teams to align on design success and validation plans.

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:

Thea Energy is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to serve as a cornerstone of our hardware validation strategy. This role is central to the execution of a leading fusion energy company and requires a high degree of autonomy. You will drive the verification and validation efforts for our superconducting magnets as well as other critical technology, ensuring that our hardware meets the rigorous demands of a fusion environment. The role will require close alignment and cross-functional leadership across test, manufacturing, mechanical, and physics organizations. Your efforts will directly contribute to ensuring design success, enabling us to succeed in our commercial fusion energy goal. Thea Energy’s dynamic team is made up of self-motivated individuals with an excitement for solving complex problems.

It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy.

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.