Electrical Engineering Manager

Thea Energy•Kearny, NJ

3d•$150,000 - $185,000

About The Position

The Electrical Engineering Manager is accountable for engineering execution and operating readiness of electrical and power supply systems used in Thea Energy’s technology development programs. The work includes prototype equipment, experimental test stands, and facilities used to test superconducting magnets. The manager translates approved program requirements into systems that can be built, commissioned, operated, maintained, and safely modified. This hands-on leadership role leads a multidisciplinary team of electrical engineers, power electronics engineers, electronics design engineers, technicians, and other specialists. The manager is responsible for daily priorities, technical coordination, field execution, and delivery evidence. Thea Energy is developing a new stellarator approach using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils, with the goal of commercializing fusion energy and creating a zero-emission energy source.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in electrical engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Six or more years of engineering experience across at least two relevant areas, such as industrial or facility power systems, electrical distribution, high-power electronics, power conversion, custom electronics hardware, embedded control hardware, or electrical systems for complex test facilities.
Three or more years of directly supervising engineers or leading an engineering team, with responsibility for work assignment, coaching, performance feedback, and delivery.
Record of delivering complex electrical or power supply systems from requirements and design through prototype validation, integration, commissioning, and operational support.
Strong electrical safety judgment in high-voltage and high-current converters, stored energy systems, and industrial environments, including protection, grounding, isolation, interlocks, and safe test planning.
Experience with requirements, interfaces, verification planning, design reviews, configuration control, technical documentation, schedules, risks, and supplier execution.
Clear communication across technical disciplines and willingness to work directly with equipment during build, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Nice To Haves

Experience with electrical distribution, switchgear, transformers, protection relays, grounding and bonding, short-circuit and coordination studies, power quality, harmonics, transient behavior, and dynamic loads.
Experience with high-power converters, rectifiers and inverters, DC power supplies, superconducting magnet power supplies, energy storage or compensation systems, gate drives, sensing, protection, control, and thermal management.
Experience with analog, digital, mixed-signal, and embedded electronics; schematic capture and PCB layout; component derating; prototype bring-up; hardware debugging; and design for manufacture and test.
Familiarity with ETAP, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSCAD, SKM, CYME, PLECS, LTspice, MATLAB and Simulink, Altium Designer, OrCAD, or equivalent tools.
Experience using oscilloscopes, logic and power analyzers, electronic loads, high-voltage and current probes, insulation and hipot test equipment, and safe load testing.
Experience in fusion devices, superconducting magnet test facilities, accelerators, advanced nuclear or energy systems, aerospace test systems, or other large scientific or high-power industrial facilities.

Responsibilities

Set clear work ownership and goals for direct reports; coach and provide technical guidance and performance feedback; conduct reviews and recommend hiring, promotion, compensation, and development actions.
Translate program milestones into engineering work packages, resource estimates, schedules, review points, and acceptance criteria; track progress, risks, dependencies, and recovery actions across concurrent development efforts.
Coordinate across multidisciplinary engineering and program teams and resolve working-level interface issues.
Develop detailed electrical architectures for assigned test stands and prototype equipment, including load lists, single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, cable and conductor sizing, panel and switchgear designs, grounding and bonding details, and equipment interfaces.
Perform or coordinate load-flow, short-circuit, protection coordination, transient, and power quality studies, maintaining models that reflect approved equipment, operating modes, and credible fault conditions.
Lead development and integration of high-power converters, DC power supplies, superconducting magnet power supplies, and approved energy storage or compensation equipment; coordinate thermal, sensing, protection, and controls interfaces.
Oversee analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, and embedded control hardware, including component selection, schematic and PCB design, design reviews, prototype bring-up, design for manufacture and test, and hardware release.
Define electrical requirements, interface documents, verification methods, and acceptance criteria with systems engineering and equipment owners; maintain configuration control as prototypes and test programs evolve.
Manage technical execution of approved supplier work packages, including submittal review, interface coordination, test witnessing, and acceptance evidence.
Lead design reviews, prototype bring-up, load testing, FMEA, root cause analysis, factory and site acceptance tests, installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
Implement electrical protection, isolation, interlocks, emergency responses, lockout/tagout provisions, and fail-safe behavior; contribute to hazard analyses and verify protective functions before release.
Control electromagnetic interference and noise across boards, cabinets, cables, grounding, shielding, high-power switching equipment, instrumentation, and mixed-signal interfaces.
Establish inspection, preventive maintenance, spare parts, obsolescence, and change control practices; investigate recurring failures and improve system availability, serviceability, and maintainability.
Maintain engineering records for assigned systems, including calculations, models, drawings, schematics, bills of material, cable and wiring schedules, test procedures, configuration baselines, operating and maintenance instructions, and acceptance records.