Thea Energy

Test Engineering Manager

Kearny, NJ

Sponsorship not specified$145k-$185kDetected 28 days ago

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About the role

Thea Energy is seeking a Test Engineering Manager to serve as a cornerstone of our hardware validation strategy.
The role will require close alignment and cross-functional leadership across test, manufacturing, mechanical, and physics organizations.
Thea Energy's dynamic team is made up of self-motivated individuals with an excitement for solving complex problems.

Act as a subject matter expert for the test engineering team. You will lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers and technicians, fostering a culture of rigorous data integrity and "first-principles" problem-solving.
Analyze complex datasets to troubleshoot system-level failure modes. You will work closely with magnet, electrical, and controls teams to ensure test results directly inform and de-risk the next generation of stellarator design.
Lead relationships with key vendors for specialized hardware and for advanced test facilities, managing high-value procurement contracts and coordinating external design, build, and validation efforts to meet aggressive project timelines.
Oversee the high-level design and build of large, custom, cryogenic and high power test stands. You will coordinate test needs across projects, identify test capability requirements, and allocate test resources across projects.
Your efforts will directly contribute to ensuring design success, enabling us to drive forward towards our commercial fusion energy goal.

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.
7-10+ years of hardware-centric test engineering experience in high-stakes environments (e.g., fusion, aerospace, superconducting magnets).
Develop and own test validation strategy, including defining the testing milestones required to qualify High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnets, cryogenic systems, and high vacuum components.

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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