Thea Energy
Director - Electrical Engineering Systems
Kearny, NJ · Director
Sponsorship not specified$120k-$240kDetected 138 days ago
ProcurementPerformance ManagementAltiumEMI/EMCSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsSimulinkResearchLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Thea Energy is seeking a Director - Electrical Engineering Systems to lead electrical system design and execution for the Company's upcoming Eos integrated stellarator.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary organization spanning power systems, power electronics, and embedded electronics, including hiring, performance management, career development, and team structure.
- Own the plant-level electrical architecture, including utility interface, substation and distribution design, grounding and protection philosophy, and power quality and reliability strategy.
- Lead integration strategy for compensation and storage assets such as STATCOM for load shaping, ride-through capability, and power recovery as applicable.
- Own the technical interface to external engineering, procurement, and construction partners and utilities, including technical specifications, design reviews, and factory and site acceptance participation.
- Own hardware architecture for embedded control and instrumentation electronics that interface power conversion hardware, diagnostics, and control firmware.
- Lead electromagnetic compatibility and noise mitigation strategy across boards, cabinets, and system integration boundaries.
- Partner with systems engineering to translate device requirements into electrical requirements, interface definitions, and verification plans.
- Run evidence-based technical gates and design reviews, with clear entry and exit criteria and configuration control.
- Own delivery artifacts such as requirements, interface definitions, design packages, test plans, and acceptance evidence to support procurement, installation, and commissioning.
- Maintain a strong safety culture including electrical safety, hazard analysis inputs, and design choices that support safe installation and operations.
Requirements
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
- Willingness to occasionally travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call.
- Ability to work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.
- 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.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- 10 or more years of relevant experience spanning two or more of the following: power systems, substation and distribution, power electronics, embedded electronics, controls hardware, industrial electrical infrastructure.
- 5 or more years of engineering management experience leading multi-team organizations, including hiring and performance leadership.
- Demonstrated experience owning complex system development from architecture through prototype validation and integration.
- Experience delivering electrical systems for fusion, accelerator facilities, advanced nuclear, large industrial plants, or other high power research facilities.
- Experience with utility interconnection processes, protection coordination, and power quality mitigation.
Compensation
- Salary range $120,000-$240,000
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)
- Employee equity stock options
Equal opportunity
- Thea Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a company of diverse backgrounds.
- By creating a diverse environment, we will bring new ideas and approaches to solving some of the world's hardest (and most important) problems.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, family or marital status, age, disability, veteran's status, or other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.
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