Location: Knoxville, TN
Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits
Contract: Permanent, full time
Reporting to: Director Electrical and Software Engineering
Your role in the mission:The Electrical Engineer - Magnets position will support the design, integration, testing, and operation of electrical systems for high-field magnet technologies used in Type One Energy's optimized stellarator fusion energy system. This role will focus on magnet power supplies, energy handling, protection systems, instrumentation interfaces, and system-level integration for superconducting magnet assemblies. The successful candidate will work closely with magnet, power electronics, controls, cryogenics, mechanical, and systems engineering teams to deliver reliable, safe, and high-performance magnet systems. You will:
- Design, specify, integrate, and support magnet power supply systems for superconducting magnet applications
- Develop and review requirements for magnet electrical systems, including power conversion, energy extraction, grounding, protection, and monitoring
- Apply energy handling expertise to support safe charging, discharge, dump, fault response, and stored-energy management strategies
- Support from an energy handling perspective the quench detection, fast fault detection, safe-state behavior, and magnet protection architecture development
- Create technical documentation, including electrical specifications, interface control documents, test procedures, commissioning plans, and verification records
- Lead or support system integration, acceptance testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning of magnet power supply and energy handling equipment
- Work with instrumentation and controls teams to define sensing, data acquisition, controls interfaces, alarms, interlocks, and operational limits for magnet systems
- Collaborate with external suppliers and internal stakeholders to evaluate equipment, review designs, resolve technical issues, and support procurement decisions
- Contribute to hazard analysis, failure mode reviews, and design practices that meet safety, reliability, and regulatory expectations for fusion environments
What you'll need:- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Applied Physics, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of experience designing, integrating, testing, or commissioning electrical systems in complex technical environments
- Hands-on experience with magnet power supplies, high-current or high-voltage power systems, or large-scale power conversion equipment
- Experience with energy handling, stored-energy management, discharge circuits, dump resistors, protection systems, or comparable pulsed-power applications
- Working knowledge of grounding, isolation, interlocks, electrical safety, fault protection, and instrumentation for high-energy electrical systems
- Experience developing requirements, specifications, interface definitions, test plans, and verification documentation
- Familiarity with superconducting magnets, cryogenic systems, fusion systems, accelerator systems, MRI systems, or other large scientific equipment is desirable
- Experience using lab and field test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power analyzers, data acquisition systems, and high-voltage or high-current measurement tools
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment with internal teams, external partners, and equipment suppliers
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
