Type One Energy Group

Type One Energy Group

Senior Design Integration Engineer

Knoxville, TN · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
LeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • Champion engineering excellence, continuous improvement, safety, accountability, and collaboration across all integration and development activities.
  • Key Competencies Systems Integration Leadership - Connects multiple engineering disciplines and systems into a cohesive and functioning plant.
  • Technical Excellence - Applies sound engineering principles and practical judgment to complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the integration of Fusion Island, Balance of Plant (BOP), facility, laboratory, prototyping, and testing systems into a cohesive, buildable, operable, and maintainable plant design.
  • Support definition, management, and resolution of interfaces between engineering disciplines, organizations, contractors, and external partners to ensure alignment of plant-wide design objectives and requirements.
  • Drive resolution of cross-functional design conflicts, integration gaps, and technical risks while maintaining a consistent and controlled plant design baseline throughout project development.
  • Lead planning and development activities for facilities, laboratories, prototyping, and testing environments, including the development of engineering specifications, design criteria, scopes of work, and capital project requirements.
  • Support site layout optimization, utility integration, equipment installation planning, material flow, maintainability, and operational readiness to support efficient construction, commissioning, and long-term operations.
  • Support project execution through major design, construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover milestones, including readiness activities associated with all Technical Progress Reviews.
  • Lead, as necessary, and coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, all established Projects, consultants, contractors, and engineering service providers to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality project delivery.
  • Help support and manage engineering priorities, resource planning, technical standards, documentation, and project reporting while mentoring and developing engineering staff.
  • Cross-Functional Influence - Builds alignment and drives decisions across various Projects, organizations and stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Our FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk, shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade, using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Nuclear, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • Ten (10) or more years of experience in complex plant, facility, infrastructure, energy, industrial, or engineering development projects.
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering efforts and integrating multiple systems into a functional operational asset.

Benefits

  • If you are searching for the best new ideas and share our vision, join us as a Senior Design Integration Engineer.
  • Conduct technical evaluations, feasibility studies, risk assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and long-range planning activities to support strategic engineering and infrastructure decisions.

Company info

  • Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy ⚡️ About Type One Energy Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world.

Equal opportunity

  • Statement Type One Energy is an equal opportunity employer.
  • We value diversity, searching for the best new ideas and remaining open to unique perspectives.
  • Therefore, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment independent of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
  • All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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