R&D Engineer

B.S. with 5+ years of relevant experience or M.S. with 2+ years of relevant experience in aerospace, mechanical engineering, physics, or a related field
Extensive hands-on hardware experience building, fixing, and modifying high vacuum chamber systems or high-voltage capacitor/power supplies
Proven experience in designing, building, and operating complex experiments, including upgrading, diagnosing, and improving systems
Experience working with and around fusion plasmas or electric propulsion thrusters
Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new systems and technologies and take ownership of portions of larger projects
Strong track record of tackling complex problems, defining, and accomplishing challenging objectives with some supervision
Proven ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively as a member of a team, with experience in mentoring junior team members

Contribute to the development of technology and knowledge of how to optimally design, build, and measure FRC fusion devices
Control pulsed power, high-energy systems, including mega-joule capacitor systems
Design and build or support design and build of plasma and high-energy experiments and tests
Work with large scale vacuum systems, including vacuum cycling quartz vacuum chambers that are 1+ meters in diameter, and handle modifications
Understand plasma physics, including how to create FRC’s and how to design, build, and interpret magnetic, fusion product, and plasma diagnostics
Control Fusion generators using LabView-based control systems and PXIe-NI chassis-based systems, and solve data collection problems in a fast-pulse EMI environment
Use critical reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of different technical solutions
Work collaboratively with members of other teams to develop technical solutions

Preferred experience with large-scale experiments or testing on devices such as pinch devices, accelerators, stellarators, tokamaks, power plants, or rocket launches