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Thea Energy is commercializing fusion energy through breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils, replacing complex modular magnets in traditional designs. This role is a senior manufacturing engineering position focused on building the manufacturing foundation for HTS magnet production and facility commissioning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish manufacturing architecture, factory layout, and process methodologies for HTS magnet production and facility commissioning
- Partner with design and physics leaders to ensure design for manufacturability and cost-optimization from concept through prototyping and production
- Direct design, acquisition, installation, and qualification of high-value capital equipment, custom tooling, and automated manufacturing systems
- Architect foundational Process Engineering frameworks, root-cause corrective action protocols, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Lead technical relationships with major suppliers and contract manufacturers to secure critical hardware and resolve supply chain bottlenecks
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Manufacturing Engineers and technical personnel; support leadership in team scaling and organizational design
- Own program delivery schedules, risk mitigations, and capital expenditure tracking; communicate regularly with internal and external stakeholders
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can take complex, first-of-a-kind electro-mechanical systems from concept through factory floor commissioning and volume ramp. You will work at the intersection of advanced physics, precision manufacturing, and supply chain management in a venture-backed clean energy company.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in high-tech, regulated, or precision hardware environments
- Proven track record taking complex, first-of-a-kind electro-mechanical systems from concept through factory floor commissioning and volume ramp
- Expert knowledge of precision mechanical assembly, thermal processing, coil winding, and metal fusion methodologies (soldering, brazing, specialized welding)
- In-depth experience managing large-scale custom capital tooling projects and integrating automated assembly workflows
- Deep expertise in GD&T, statistical process control (SPC), PFMEA, and modern enterprise software systems (PLM, MRP, ERP)
- Background in aerospace, magnetic confinement fusion, nuclear systems, medical devices, or high-complexity technology hardware preferred
- Outstanding leadership, project management, and inter-personal communication skills with history of driving alignment across cross-functional groups
- Ability to occasionally lift objects up to 50 lbs
