Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Type One Energy Group•Knoxville, TN

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Type One Energy is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with first-of-a-kind design and integration skills. The position provides conceptual, preliminary, and final designs for systems and components used in stellarator fusion power plants. The engineer will mentor junior engineers across projects and systems, including vacuum vessels, divertors, and plasma-facing components.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
10 or more years of relevant experience in similar engineering environments.
Demonstrated leadership, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex technical challenges.
Expertise in mechanical design principles, failure modes, and lifecycle reliability.
Proficiency in cost, schedule, and resource planning.
Ability to balance trade-offs across performance, manufacturability, and regulation.
Experience designing first-of-a-kind components.
Familiarity with Computer-Aided Design and analysis software.
Experience operating within a CAD Product Data Management (PDM) environment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Experience designing fusion energy systems and equipment.
Experience with Siemens NX CAD software.

Responsibilities

Translate design requirements into functional stellarator components and systems.
Develop system and component designs and associated technical specifications for stellarator systems.
Analyze and align interface requirements between and among stellarator systems.
Develop and validate Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models using ANSYS, COMSOL, and other tools.
Develop procurement packages.
Resolve technical questions that arise during fabrication efforts.
Mentor junior engineers on projects and systems.