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.

As a control and automation engineer at Thea Energy, you will play a pivotal role in developing prototyping and process concepts in collaboration with cross-functional teams, including the electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and HTS magnet engineering, and science groups. Your responsibilities encompass creating a robust system architecture to support various control components, such as instrumentation, PLCs, safety devices, HMIs, servo drives, and more. Throughout each project, you will be involved from the initial design phase through commissioning, process, and validation, ensuring the reliable functioning of all systems while meeting technical requirements.

We are seeking a talented control and automation engineer with a strong background in engineering, design, installation, and start-up of control and automation systems. This role involves designing and programming PC-based and PLC-based control systems, as well as developing monitoring and maintenance systems.

At Thea Energy, you’ll be part of the organizational build-up of a leading fusion energy company. This role will have a high degree of autonomy and must be able to move quickly. The Thea Energy team is comprised of self-motivated, creative, and fun individuals with an excitement for solving complex problems.

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.