Senior Test Technician

Thea Energy Inc.; Kansas; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thea Energy Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Senior Test Technician to join our rapidly growing team.

You will be the hands-on bridge between test plans and real-world execution, building, assembling, operating, and troubleshooting custom high-current, high-vacuum, and cryogenic test stands to validate our superconducting magnets and other critical fusion hardware. Working with autonomy, you will partner with engineering and manufacturing to ensure rigorous data collection, safety compliance,

Qualifications

• Experience building, assembling, and troubleshooting custom high-current, high-vacuum test stands.
• Ability to collect data rigorously and ensure safety compliance.
• Comfort working autonomously and collaborating with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, assemble, operate, and troubleshoot custom high-current, high-vacuum, and cryogenic test stands to validate superconducting magnets and other fusion hardware.
• Ensure rigorous data collection and safety compliance in a fast-paced environment.
• Support continuous process improvement in hardware validation with engineering and manufacturing teams.

Skills

High-current testing

Cryogenics

Vacuum systems

Autonomy

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. We are reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils to replace the complex 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. We foster an innovative, collaborative, and resilient environment where every team member plays a critical role in our success.

Position Overview:

Thea Energy is seeking a highly skilled and self-motivated Senior Test Technician to join our rapidly growing team. In this role, you will be a cornerstone of our hardware validation strategy, serving as the hands-on bridge between test plans and real-world execution. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will build, assemble, operate, and troubleshoot custom high-current, high-vacuum, and cryogenic test stands to validate our superconducting magnets and other critical fusion hardware. You will work closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure rigorous data collection, safety compliance, and continuous process improvement in a fast-paced environment.

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.