Senior Tooling Engineer

Thea Energy Inc.; Kansas; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits (medical

Dental

Vision

Employee equity stock options

20 days PTO

Job summary

Thea Energy Inc. is seeking a Senior Tooling Engineer to lead the design, build, and factory-floor deployment of large, heavy tooling for a first-of-a-kind fusion energy system.

You will own tooling from early CAD concepts through fabrication, load testing, commissioning, and operational deployment, while collaborating with design and manufacturing teams to ensure safe, repeatable handling of multi-ton hardware.

Qualifications

• Experience leading heavy tooling design from concept to deployment.
• Strong CAD modeling skills with an ability to translate conceptual designs into manufacturable solutions.
• Experience with load testing and commissioning of heavy hardware.
• Ability to collaborate across design, manufacturing, and supplier shops to ensure successful integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, and deployment of large, heavy tooling and handling equipment.
• Coordinate with design and manufacturing teams to own tooling from CAD to deployment.
• Oversee fabrication, load testing, commissioning, and on-site deployment of tooling hardware.
• Ensure safe, repeatable handling and installation of multi-ton equipment on the factory floor.

Skills

CAD modeling

Heavy tooling design

Fabrication support

Rigging

Load testing

Tools

CAD software

Rigging hardware

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 Tooling Engineer to lead the design, build, and factory-floor implementation of large, heavy custom tooling and specialized handling equipment for a first-of-a-kind fusion energy system. In this role, you will work closely with design and manufacturing teams to take full ownership of tooling from early conceptual CAD through fabrication, load testing, commissioning, and operational deployment. While primary focus is on heavy tooling design and hardware implementation, you will also support physical integration and assembly planning to ensure multi-ton, complex hardware can be built, handled, and maintained safely and repeatably. You are comfortable moving seamlessly between CAD modeling, supplier fabrication shops, engineering reviews, and hands-on rigging and hardware installation on the factory floor.

Company Benefits:

• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Employee equity stock options
• 20 days PTO

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.