Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer.
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Location:
Knoxville TN
Salary:
Highly Competitive Plus Benefits
Contract:
Permanent, full time
Reporting to:
Engineering Resource Manager
Your role in the mission:
Type One Energy are seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with first of a kind design and integration skills.
The primary function of this position is to provide conceptual, preliminary and final design of systems and components for our stellarator fusion power plants. The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will act as a mentor to junior engineers on a variety of projects and systems including vacuum vessels, divertors and plasma facing components. Other responsibilities include:
Translating design requirements into functional stellarator components and systems.
Develop system and component designs and associated technical specifications for our stellarator systems.
Analyze and align the interface requirements between and among stellarator systems.
Develop and validate Finite Element (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models using ANSYS, COMSOL, and other tools.
Develop procurement packages.
Resole any technical questions which may occur during the fabrication efforts.
What you’ll need:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline, Master’s degree is preferred.
10+ years of relevant experience in similar engineering environments.
Demonstrated leadership, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to manage complex technical challenges.
Expert in mechanical design principles, failure modes, and lifecycle reliability.
Proficiency in cost, schedule, and resource planning.
Skilled in balancing trade-offs across performance, manufacturability, and regulation.
Experience with design of first of a kind components.
Familiarity with Computer Aided Design and Analysis software
Experience with design of fusion energy systems and equipment is desirable
Experience with Siemens NX CAD software is highly desirable.
Experience operating within a PDM environment in CAD
We offer
:
In addition to a basic salary and yearly bonus, you will also get...
A hybrid work policy
Stock options
Relocation allowance
Insurance plans
Retirement options
And many more great voluntary benefits
Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods, modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Our FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk, shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade, using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.
Type One Energy is committed to community engagement in the development and deployment of its clean energy technology. For more information, visit or follow us on LinkedIn.
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