Director - Control, Instrumentation, and Diagnostics (CID) Systems

Job description

About Thea Energy: Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. 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. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future. Position Overview: Thea Energy is seeking a Director - Control, Instrumentation and Diagnostics (CID) Systems to lead CID system design and execution for the company’s upcoming Eos integrated stellarator. This leader will manage and grow three tightly coupled engineering groups: This role will own the end-to-end delivery of CID systems from architecture and requirements through detailed design, prototyping, vendor engagement, test, installation support, and commissioning readiness. The Director will serve as a key cross-functional partner to systems engineering, controls and software, mechanical engineering, safety, and program management, ensuring electrical designs are buildable, testable, safe, and integ...