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Thea Energy is commercializing fusion energy using breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering. The company replaces complex modular magnets with computer-controlled arrays of planar coils to create a faster, simpler path to fusion commercialization.
The Electrical Engineering Manager leads a multidisciplinary team of electrical engineers, power electronics engineers, electronics design engineers, technicians, and specialists. This is a hands-on leadership role accountable for engineering execution and operating readiness of electrical and power supply systems across prototype equipment, experimental test stands, and superconducting magnet test facilities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Team leadership: setting work ownership and goals for direct reports, providing coaching and technical guidance, conducting performance reviews, and recommending hiring and compensation actions
- Program planning: translating program milestones into engineering work packages, resource estimates, schedules, and acceptance criteria; tracking progress, risks, and dependencies
- Cross-functional coordination: building collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and resolving interface issues
- Test facility electrical design: developing detailed electrical architecture, load lists, single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, cable sizing, panel designs, and grounding details
- Power system studies: performing load-flow, short-circuit, protection coordination, transient, and power quality analyses
- Power conversion: leading development and integration of high-power converters, DC power supplies, superconducting magnet power supplies, and energy storage systems
- Electronics hardware oversight: guiding analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, and embedded control hardware from component selection through design review, prototype bring-up, and manufacturing
- Engineering definition: defining electrical requirements, interface documents, verification methods, and acceptance criteria with systems engineering teams
- Supplier execution: managing technical execution of supplier work packages, including submittal review and acceptance testing
- Build, test, and commissioning: leading design reviews, prototype bring-up, load testing, FMEA, factory and site acceptance tests, installation, and troubleshooting
- Electrical safety: implementing protection, isolation, interlocks, emergency responses, lockout/tagout provisions, and fail-safe behavior
- Electromagnetic compatibility: controlling EMI and noise across boards, cabinets, cables, and high-power switching equipment
- Lifecycle reliability: establishing inspection, preventive maintenance, spare parts, and change control practices
- Engineering record: maintaining documentation including calculations, models, drawings, schematics, bills of material, test procedures, and operating instructions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Six or more years of engineering experience across at least two relevant areas: industrial or facility power systems, electrical distribution, high-power electronics, power conversion, custom electronics hardware, embedded control hardware, or electrical systems for complex test facilities
- Three or more years of direct experience supervising engineers or leading an engineering team with responsibility for work assignment, coaching, performance feedback, and delivery
- Demonstrated record of delivering complex electrical or power supply systems from requirements and design through prototype validation, integration, commissioning, and operational support
- Strong electrical safety judgment in high-voltage and high-current converters, stored energy systems, and industrial environments
- Experience with requirements management, interfaces, verification planning, design reviews, configuration control, technical documentation, schedules, risks, and supplier execution
- Clear communication across technical disciplines and willingness to work directly with equipment during build, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting
Preferred technical experience includes: power systems (electrical distribution, switchgear, transformers, protection relays, grounding, short-circuit studies, power quality); power electronics (high-power converters, rectifiers, inverters, DC power supplies, superconducting magnet power supplies, energy storage systems); electronics hardware (analog, digital, mixed-signal, embedded electronics, PCB layout, prototype bring-up); engineering tools (ETAP, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSCAD, SKM, CYME, PLECS, LTspice, MATLAB, Simulink, Altium Designer, OrCAD); laboratory practice (oscilloscopes, power analyzers, electronic loads, high-voltage probes, hipot testing); and relevant facilities experience (fusion devices, superconducting magnet test facilities, accelerators, advanced nuclear systems, aerospace test systems).
