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Xcimer Energy is seeking a Technical Project Manager to oversee execution of a public-private partnership with the Department of Energy. This role sits at the intersection of technical program management and government relations, managing a complex, federally funded fusion energy research initiative.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage execution of the DOE partnership, including milestone tracking, status reporting, and deliverable coordination
- Coordinate across internal technical teams, external partners, and consultants to keep DOE-funded work on schedule and within scope
- Lead development and coordination of the Fusion Pilot Plan (FPP) report updates to the DOE, working with external consultants and stakeholders to align deliverables with DOE milestone requirements
- Establish and maintain cost and schedule baselines for FPP deliverables and milestones; track performance against baselines and support technical leads in managing scope, cost, and schedule commitments
- Communicate accurate and timely program status, award health, risks, and reporting deadlines to Xcimer leadership
- Develop sufficient understanding of complex technical scope to identify dependencies, risks, and execution challenges
This is a hands-on role requiring strong cross-functional coordination between engineering teams, government stakeholders, and external partners. The successful candidate will synthesize complex program information for diverse audiences and manage the administrative and logistical demands of a federally funded R&D program.
Requirements:
- B.S. degree in engineering, physical sciences, project management, or related field (advanced degree a plus)
- 5+ years of project or program management experience, preferably supporting technically complex engineering, R&D, or hardware development programs
- Demonstrated experience developing and managing project schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional deliverables
- Strong ability to work with technical teams and develop sufficient understanding of complex technical scope to identify dependencies, risks, and execution challenges in unfamiliar domains
- Experience coordinating multiple internal and external stakeholders across concurrent workstreams
- Experience with technical program reporting, proposal development, statements of work, milestone definitions, and deliverable management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to synthesize complex program information for technical teams, executives, and external stakeholders
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience working in fusion energy or fusion-adjacent technology (inertial fusion, high-energy-density physics, plasma physics, high-power lasers, pulsed power, or related fields)
- Experience supporting federally funded programs, cooperative agreements, milestone-based awards, or similar public-private partnerships
- Experience working across institutional/organizational cultures (e.g., national labs, universities, private companies)
- Experience managing first-of-a-kind hardware, experimental facilities, or complex R&D programs involving significant technical uncertainty
- Experience with integrated master schedules, critical-path planning, earned value concepts, or other structured cost and schedule performance-management approaches
