Mechanical Design Engineer

Type One Energy

$80K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline; Master's preferred.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in mechanical design.
  • Expert in mechanical design principles and lifecycle reliability.
  • Experience with engineering analysis software like ANSYS or COMSOL.
  • Skilled in balancing performance, manufacturability, and regulation trade-offs.
  • Experience with first of a kind component design.
  • Familiarity with CAD software and PDM environments.

Responsibilities

  • Provide conceptual, preliminary, and final design for stellarator systems.
  • Translate design requirements into functional components and systems.
  • Develop and validate FEA and CFD models using ANSYS and COMSOL.
  • Analyze and align interface requirements between stellarator systems.
  • Interpret simulation results for optimization and performance improvement.
  • Develop procurement packages for materials and components.
  • Resolve technical queries during fabrication processes.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge fusion energy technology.
  • Involvement in first of a kind design and integration projects.
  • Permanent, full-time position with competitive benefits.
  • Engagement with community-focused clean energy initiatives.
  • Collaborative work environment with experienced engineering team.
Full Job Description
Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Knoxville, TN or Vancouver BC

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 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 Mechanical Design Engineer will work of a variety of projects and systems including vacuum vessels, divertors and plasma facing components.

Responsibilities will also focus on complex concept design development and optimization, which may include developing/reviewing CAD and engineering drawings, performing engineering analysis, designing of experiments and performing laboratory testing and evaluation, design reviews and TRL assessments.

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.
  • Develop and validate Finite Element (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models using ANSYS, COMSOL, and other tools.
  • Analyze and align the interface requirements between and among stellarator systems.
  • Analyze and interpret simulation results to deliver actionable insights for design optimization and performance improvement.
  • 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.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • Expert in mechanical design principles, failure modes, and lifecycle reliability.
  • Demonstrated experience in engineering analysis using software's such as ANSYS or COMSOL
  • 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

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 www.typeoneenergy.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

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