Principal HTS Magnet Engineer
U.S. Fusion Energy · Energy, IL · 1 mo ago
Engineering$85k–$180k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we have "About Thea Energy" and "Position Overview". The instructions: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. So we need headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule if content exists. We must include only sections with real specific content. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- About Thea Energy: description of company mission.
- Position Overview: description of role.
- Key Responsibilities: bullet list (multiple sentences). Should be a list.
- Core Competencies & Requirements: includes sub-sections: Direct Experience (10-15 Years Required) with bullet points; Domain Knowledge Applied; Technical & Leadership Skills; Education.
- Company Benefits: list: Comprehensive health benefits, Employee equity stock options, 20 days PTO, $85,000 - $180,000 a year.
Also there is "It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above..." that's a note, maybe part of Requirements? Could be a paragraph.
Also "Diversity And Inclusion" and AI note etc are boilerplate to remove.
Also "apply for this job" repeated, navigation etc.
We need to produce sections: About the role (maybe combine About Thea Energy and Position Overview? Could be separate? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can map content accordingly.
We have:
- About the role: could include About Thea Energy + Position Overview.
- Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities.
- Requirements: maybe combine Direct Experience, Domain Knowledge, Technical & Leadership Skills, Education.
- Qualifications: maybe not separate; could be part of Requirements.
- Skills: maybe Technical & Leadership Skills could be Skills.
- Benefits: Company Benefits.
- Pay: salary range $85,000 - $180,000 a year (already in Benefits but could be separate Pay section). However we should not duplicate. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Pay is present: salary range. So we could have a Pay section with that range. Benefits section could list health benefits, equity, PTO.
- Schedule: not mentioned (full-time on-site). Could infer schedule? It says Full-time / On-site. That's schedule info. Could include Schedule section with "Full-time, On-site". However the instruction says never create Schedule section unless posting actually states them. It does state Full-time / On-site. So we can include Schedule.
We must not include headings with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not needed.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like bullet points exactly? We can rephrase? Must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Means we should not omit details, but we can keep them as is. Probably we can copy the bullet points.
We need to use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. So we need headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule if content exists. We must include only sections with real specific content. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- About Thea Energy: description of company mission.
- Position Overview: description of role.
- Key Responsibilities: bullet list (multiple sentences). Should be a list.
- Core Competencies & Requirements: includes sub-sections: Direct Experience (10-15 Years Required) with bullet points; Domain Knowledge Applied; Technical & Leadership Skills; Education.
- Company Benefits: list: Comprehensive health benefits, Employee equity stock options, 20 days PTO, $85,000 - $180,000 a year.
Also there is "It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above..." that's a note, maybe part of Requirements? Could be a paragraph.
Also "Diversity And Inclusion" and AI note etc are boilerplate to remove.
Also "apply for this job" repeated, navigation etc.
We need to produce sections: About the role (maybe combine About Thea Energy and Position Overview? Could be separate? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can map content accordingly.
We have:
- About the role: could include About Thea Energy + Position Overview.
- Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities.
- Requirements: maybe combine Direct Experience, Domain Knowledge, Technical & Leadership Skills, Education.
- Qualifications: maybe not separate; could be part of Requirements.
- Skills: maybe Technical & Leadership Skills could be Skills.
- Benefits: Company Benefits.
- Pay: salary range $85,000 - $180,000 a year (already in Benefits but could be separate Pay section). However we should not duplicate. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Pay is present: salary range. So we could have a Pay section with that range. Benefits section could list health benefits, equity, PTO.
- Schedule: not mentioned (full-time on-site). Could infer schedule? It says Full-time / On-site. That's schedule info. Could include Schedule section with "Full-time, On-site". However the instruction says never create Schedule section unless posting actually states them. It does state Full-time / On-site. So we can include Schedule.
We must not include headings with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not needed.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like bullet points exactly? We can rephrase? Must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Means we should not omit details, but we can keep them as is. Probably we can copy the bullet points.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
Thus:
- About the role: prose (maybe two paragraphs). Use
.
- Responsibilities: list.
- Requirements: could be a list of sub-sections? Might be better to have a
with each requirement as - . But there are subcategories; we could keep headings inside? But only allowed headings are h3 for sections. Inside we can have
or
. Could we have nested headings? Not specified; better to avoid extra headings. So we can flatten requirements into a list.
But we need to preserve all detail; flattening may lose categorization but still preserve the text. Could also keep subheadings as inside - . That's okay.
Let's extract each bullet:
Direct Experience (10 - 15 Years Required):
- Superconducting Systems: Proven track record design and delivery of high-field (10T+) HTS cabled magnets or low-temperature (LTS) Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) for fusion applications.
- Program Execution: Demonstrated ownership of major lifecycle milestones in complex megaprojects (e.g., W7x, JT60SA, KSTAR, ITER -scale setups, or commercial fusion ventures) with budget ownership $10M - $50M.
- Failure Analysis & Test Operations: Hands-on leadership of full-scale magnet testing, cryogenic qualification (4.2K–20K), and post-test forensics.
- Start-up experience: Has dealt with the demands of a fast-growing start-up.
- Large-scale magnet manufacturing experience: Demonstrated experience with dealing with the challenges of forgings, composite insulation, solder potting in the 1-10m length scale and aware of the challenges.
Domain Knowledge Applied Superconductivity:
- REBCO 2G-HTS tape mechanics, strain limitations, current distribution, AC losses, and tape-to-cable joint architecture.
- Multiphysics Engineering: FEA modeling coupling electromagnetic forces (Lorentz/Maxwell), structural stress analysis, thermal management, and fluid flow (gaseous/supercritical helium).
- Quench Protection & Diagnostics: Active and passive protection systems, voltage tap arrays, fiber-optic temperature sensors, and high-speed dump circuit interfaces.
- Strategic Risk Mitigation: Mastery of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) applied to cryogenic system failures, vacuum loss (loss of vacuum/L VAC), and runaway quench scenarios.
Technical & Leadership Skills:
- Systems Engineering: CONOPS, requirements, Interface control documentation (ICD), requirements traceability, and cross-functional leadership spanning electrical and mechanical teams.
- Software Tools: Proficiency with ANSYS, COMSOL, OPERA, MATLAB/Simulink, or custom HTS electrodynamic modeling tools.
Education:
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or Nuclear Engineering.
Also note: "It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy." This is a prose note.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
- Employee equity stock options
- 20 days PTO
- $85,000 - $180,000 a year
Pay: maybe same as benefits; but we can separate Pay: $85,000 - $180,000 a year.
Schedule: Full-time / On-site.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.
We are seeking a Lead HTS Magnet Systems Engineer to own the full lifecycle of our large-scale High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) cabled magnet systems. You will bridge interdisciplinary electrical and mechanical domains, driving everything from early stage design trade studies and cable architectures (CICC stacked REBCO) to manufacturing, assembly, QA test and integration into the device.
Responsibilities
- End-to-End Program Ownership: Lead system design reviews (CDR/PDR), subsystem qualification, site commissioning, and risk mitigation across multi-year fusion hardware projects.
- Cabled HTS Design: Specify and optimize high-current cabled HTS conductors, managing thermomechanical stresses, high-field Lorentz forces, and thermal quench propagation.
- Large-scale manufacturing: Specify and review designs in the 1-10m range and in the 10-100 Tonne range.
- Electro-Mechanical Integration: Direct coupling between high-current electrical power leads, quench detection systems, cryogenic cooling interfaces, and structural mechanical supports.
- Vendor & Lifecycle Management: Oversee technical deliverables for HTS tape/cable vendors, manufacturing facilities, and integration test platforms.
Requirements
- Direct Experience (10 - 15 Years Required)
- Superconducting Systems: Proven track record design and delivery of high-field (10T+) HTS cabled magnets or low-temperature (LTS) Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) for fusion applications.
- Program Execution: Demonstrated ownership of major lifecycle milestones in complex megaprojects (e.g., W7x, JT60SA, KSTAR, ITER -scale setups, or commercial fusion ventures) with budget ownership $10M - $50M.
- Failure Analysis & Test Operations: Hands-on leadership of full-scale magnet testing, cryogenic qualification (4.2K–20K), and post-test forensics.
- Start-up experience: Has dealt with the demands of a fast-growing start-up.
- Large-scale magnet manufacturing experience: Demonstrated experience with dealing with the challenges of forgings, composite insulation, solder potting in the 1-10m length scale and aware of the challenges.
- Domain Knowledge Applied Superconductivity
- REBCO 2G-HTS tape mechanics, strain limitations, current distribution, AC losses, and tape-to-cable joint architecture.
- Multiphysics Engineering: FEA modeling coupling electromagnetic forces (Lorentz/Maxwell), structural stress analysis, thermal management, and fluid flow (gaseous/supercritical helium).
- Quench Protection & Diagnostics: Active and passive protection systems, voltage tap arrays, fiber-optic temperature sensors, and high-speed dump circuit interfaces.
- Strategic Risk Mitigation: Mastery of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) applied to cryogenic system failures, vacuum loss (loss of vacuum/L VAC), and runaway quench scenarios.
- Technical & Leadership Skills
- Systems Engineering: CONOPS, requirements, Interface control documentation (ICD), requirements traceability, and cross-functional leadership spanning electrical and mechanical teams.
- Software Tools: Proficiency with ANSYS, COMSOL, OPERA, MATLAB/Simulink, or custom HTS electrodynamic modeling tools.
- Education
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or Nuclear Engineering.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
- Employee equity stock options
- 20 days PTO
Pay
$85,000 - $180,000 a year
Schedule
Full-time, On-site
Also include the note about not necessary to meet all skillsets: maybe add a after Requirements.
Add after Requirements:
It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy.
Now ensure no boilerplate.
Check for any duplicated lines: we
for prose. Thus: - About the role: prose (maybe two paragraphs). Use
. - Responsibilities: list. - Requirements: could be a list of sub-sections? Might be better to have a
- with each requirement as
- . But there are subcategories; we could keep headings inside? But only allowed headings are h3 for sections. Inside we can have
or
- . Could we have nested headings? Not specified; better to avoid extra headings. So we can flatten requirements into a list.
But we need to preserve all detail; flattening may lose categorization but still preserve the text. Could also keep subheadings as inside
- . That's okay.
Let's extract each bullet:
Direct Experience (10 - 15 Years Required):
- Superconducting Systems: Proven track record design and delivery of high-field (10T+) HTS cabled magnets or low-temperature (LTS) Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) for fusion applications.
- Program Execution: Demonstrated ownership of major lifecycle milestones in complex megaprojects (e.g., W7x, JT60SA, KSTAR, ITER -scale setups, or commercial fusion ventures) with budget ownership $10M - $50M.
- Failure Analysis & Test Operations: Hands-on leadership of full-scale magnet testing, cryogenic qualification (4.2K–20K), and post-test forensics.
- Start-up experience: Has dealt with the demands of a fast-growing start-up.
- Large-scale magnet manufacturing experience: Demonstrated experience with dealing with the challenges of forgings, composite insulation, solder potting in the 1-10m length scale and aware of the challenges.
Domain Knowledge Applied Superconductivity:
- REBCO 2G-HTS tape mechanics, strain limitations, current distribution, AC losses, and tape-to-cable joint architecture.
- Multiphysics Engineering: FEA modeling coupling electromagnetic forces (Lorentz/Maxwell), structural stress analysis, thermal management, and fluid flow (gaseous/supercritical helium).
- Quench Protection & Diagnostics: Active and passive protection systems, voltage tap arrays, fiber-optic temperature sensors, and high-speed dump circuit interfaces.
- Strategic Risk Mitigation: Mastery of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) applied to cryogenic system failures, vacuum loss (loss of vacuum/L VAC), and runaway quench scenarios.
Technical & Leadership Skills:
- Systems Engineering: CONOPS, requirements, Interface control documentation (ICD), requirements traceability, and cross-functional leadership spanning electrical and mechanical teams.
- Software Tools: Proficiency with ANSYS, COMSOL, OPERA, MATLAB/Simulink, or custom HTS electrodynamic modeling tools.
Education:
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or Nuclear Engineering.
Also note: "It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy." This is a prose note.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
- Employee equity stock options
- 20 days PTO
- $85,000 - $180,000 a year
Pay: maybe same as benefits; but we can separate Pay: $85,000 - $180,000 a year.
Schedule: Full-time / On-site.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.
We are seeking a Lead HTS Magnet Systems Engineer to own the full lifecycle of our large-scale High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) cabled magnet systems. You will bridge interdisciplinary electrical and mechanical domains, driving everything from early stage design trade studies and cable architectures (CICC stacked REBCO) to manufacturing, assembly, QA test and integration into the device.
Responsibilities
- End-to-End Program Ownership: Lead system design reviews (CDR/PDR), subsystem qualification, site commissioning, and risk mitigation across multi-year fusion hardware projects.
- Cabled HTS Design: Specify and optimize high-current cabled HTS conductors, managing thermomechanical stresses, high-field Lorentz forces, and thermal quench propagation.
- Large-scale manufacturing: Specify and review designs in the 1-10m range and in the 10-100 Tonne range.
- Electro-Mechanical Integration: Direct coupling between high-current electrical power leads, quench detection systems, cryogenic cooling interfaces, and structural mechanical supports.
- Vendor & Lifecycle Management: Oversee technical deliverables for HTS tape/cable vendors, manufacturing facilities, and integration test platforms.
Requirements
- Direct Experience (10 - 15 Years Required)
- Superconducting Systems: Proven track record design and delivery of high-field (10T+) HTS cabled magnets or low-temperature (LTS) Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) for fusion applications.
- Program Execution: Demonstrated ownership of major lifecycle milestones in complex megaprojects (e.g., W7x, JT60SA, KSTAR, ITER -scale setups, or commercial fusion ventures) with budget ownership $10M - $50M.
- Failure Analysis & Test Operations: Hands-on leadership of full-scale magnet testing, cryogenic qualification (4.2K–20K), and post-test forensics.
- Start-up experience: Has dealt with the demands of a fast-growing start-up.
- Large-scale magnet manufacturing experience: Demonstrated experience with dealing with the challenges of forgings, composite insulation, solder potting in the 1-10m length scale and aware of the challenges.
- Domain Knowledge Applied Superconductivity
- REBCO 2G-HTS tape mechanics, strain limitations, current distribution, AC losses, and tape-to-cable joint architecture.
- Multiphysics Engineering: FEA modeling coupling electromagnetic forces (Lorentz/Maxwell), structural stress analysis, thermal management, and fluid flow (gaseous/supercritical helium).
- Quench Protection & Diagnostics: Active and passive protection systems, voltage tap arrays, fiber-optic temperature sensors, and high-speed dump circuit interfaces.
- Strategic Risk Mitigation: Mastery of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) applied to cryogenic system failures, vacuum loss (loss of vacuum/L VAC), and runaway quench scenarios.
- Technical & Leadership Skills
- Systems Engineering: CONOPS, requirements, Interface control documentation (ICD), requirements traceability, and cross-functional leadership spanning electrical and mechanical teams.
- Software Tools: Proficiency with ANSYS, COMSOL, OPERA, MATLAB/Simulink, or custom HTS electrodynamic modeling tools.
- Education
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or Nuclear Engineering.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
- Employee equity stock options
- 20 days PTO
Pay
$85,000 - $180,000 a year
Schedule
Full-time, On-site
Also include the note about not necessary to meet all skillsets: maybe add aafter Requirements. Add after Requirements:
It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy.
Now ensure no boilerplate. Check for any duplicated lines: we
- . That's okay.
Let's extract each bullet:
Direct Experience (10 - 15 Years Required):
- Superconducting Systems: Proven track record design and delivery of high-field (10T+) HTS cabled magnets or low-temperature (LTS) Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) for fusion applications.
- Program Execution: Demonstrated ownership of major lifecycle milestones in complex megaprojects (e.g., W7x, JT60SA, KSTAR, ITER -scale setups, or commercial fusion ventures) with budget ownership $10M - $50M.
- Failure Analysis & Test Operations: Hands-on leadership of full-scale magnet testing, cryogenic qualification (4.2K–20K), and post-test forensics.
- Start-up experience: Has dealt with the demands of a fast-growing start-up.
- Large-scale magnet manufacturing experience: Demonstrated experience with dealing with the challenges of forgings, composite insulation, solder potting in the 1-10m length scale and aware of the challenges.
Domain Knowledge Applied Superconductivity:
- REBCO 2G-HTS tape mechanics, strain limitations, current distribution, AC losses, and tape-to-cable joint architecture.
- Multiphysics Engineering: FEA modeling coupling electromagnetic forces (Lorentz/Maxwell), structural stress analysis, thermal management, and fluid flow (gaseous/supercritical helium).
- Quench Protection & Diagnostics: Active and passive protection systems, voltage tap arrays, fiber-optic temperature sensors, and high-speed dump circuit interfaces.
- Strategic Risk Mitigation: Mastery of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) applied to cryogenic system failures, vacuum loss (loss of vacuum/L VAC), and runaway quench scenarios.
Technical & Leadership Skills:
- Systems Engineering: CONOPS, requirements, Interface control documentation (ICD), requirements traceability, and cross-functional leadership spanning electrical and mechanical teams.
- Software Tools: Proficiency with ANSYS, COMSOL, OPERA, MATLAB/Simulink, or custom HTS electrodynamic modeling tools.
Education:
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or Nuclear Engineering.
Also note: "It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy." This is a prose note.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
- Employee equity stock options
- 20 days PTO
- $85,000 - $180,000 a year
Pay: maybe same as benefits; but we can separate Pay: $85,000 - $180,000 a year.
Schedule: Full-time / On-site.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have: