Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline; Master's preferred.
10+ years of relevant engineering experience.
Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
Expert in mechanical design principles and lifecycle reliability.
Proficient in cost, schedule, and resource planning.
Skilled in balancing performance, manufacturability, and regulation trade-offs.
Experience with first of a kind component design.
Responsibilities
Provide conceptual, preliminary, and final design of systems for stellarator fusion power plants.
Translate design requirements into functional components and systems.
Develop system and component designs with technical specifications.
Analyze interface requirements among stellarator systems.
Develop and validate FEA and CFD models using ANSYS and COMSOL.
Create procurement packages for components.
Resolve technical questions during fabrication efforts.
Benefits
Hybrid work policy
Stock options
Relocation allowance
Insurance plans
Retirement options
Various voluntary benefits
Full Job Description
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer. This is what you need to know:
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...
