Director of RF Heating

About the role

TAE Technologies is seeking a Director of RF Heating to lead the research and development program in radiofrequency plasma heating, a key component of the larger program to develop commercial fusion energy.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the RF heating R&D roadmap, leveraging near-term experimental work to drive long-term system evolution;
• Direct experimental work on both RF heating systems to improve heating efficiency and inform future design;
• Set technical priorities, milestones, and success metrics for RF heating development programs;
• Work closely with theory/computation group to assist with analytical calculations and/or simulations to determine compatibility of RF scheme with plasma parameters;
• Develop requirements for RF systems based on sound physics analysis;
• Work closely with RF engineers to ensure compatibility of hardware solutions with physics requirements;
• Conduct initial tests and prototyping on test bench, as required;
• Assist in deployment and commissioning of RF systems;
• Fully characterize system performance with experimental diagnosis;
• Operate and maintain RF systems; train additional users.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Physics or related field;
• Experience with RF systems at the MW level;
• Experience working on a high temperature fusion experiment and/or with high temperature plasma diagnostic;
• General plasma physics laboratory experience, including electronics, high vacuum hygiene, power electronics;
• Experience with one or more scientific programming languages (e.g., Python, Matlab, IDL);
• Database interfacing (e.g, MDSplus, MySQL);
• Experience with CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks) and/or COMSOL a plus;
• Ability to work independently as well as a member of the RF Team;
• Ability to coordinate work across groups, especially physics, engineering, engineering analysis and simulation;
• Ability to identify and correct shortcomings in proposals and designs;
• Stay abreast of technological developments in the field of RF heating of plasmas and apply those developments to TAE systems.

Qualifications

• Imagination, skill, and will

Skills

• Imagination, skill, and will

Benefits

At TAE Technologies, we consider a wide range of factors when making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and job-related knowledge, training; licenses and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements depending on the position offered (non-Sr., Sr., Lead or Manager).

Pay

At TAE Technologies, we consider a wide range of factors when making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and job-related knowledge, training; licenses and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements depending on the position offered (non-Sr., Sr., Lead or Manager).

Schedule

At TAE Technologies, we consider a wide range of factors when making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and job-related knowledge, training; licenses and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements depending on the position offered (non-Sr., Sr., Lead or Manager).