Senior Integration Engineer
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Job description
System-level integration engineer role in the integrated stellarator design team for Alpha, the first stellarator intended to demonstrate net energy. The role sits between plasma physics and technology, defining design criteria, interfaces, load cases and uncertainties and resolving multi-system integration trades.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Munich
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Ensure interfaces, design criteria, load cases and uncertainties are correctly defined so that engineering design can iterate quickly and with clear assumptions
- Understand systems interactions in order to minimize unintended consequences of the main architectural decisions
- Identify, track, and solve the hardest integration challenges and risks of a machine not achieving its mission requirements
- Identify, track, and address the most promising simplification opportunities that affect the Alpha architecture
- Work in between plasma physics and technology and make sure that all stellarator systems are designed according to clear and optimal design criteria
- Ensure that modelling uncertainties are quantified and used appropriately
- Drive projects where overarching design solutions with multi-system trades need to be found
What we're looking for
- PhD or Master's in physics, engineering, or an adjacent field
- Years of experience in industries where integration challenges are at the heart of the design, such as aerospace or Formula 1
- Engineering judgment earned on complex machines
- Comfortable navigating the different physics regimes of a Stellarator - from waves propagating in a plasma to cryogenic properties of steel
- Reaches for whatever tool fits - pen-and-paper calculation, a self-coded simulator, or a commercial multiphysics package
- Low-ego high-clarity communicator who works effectively with multiple technical leads to bring integration challenges and system-level tradeoffs to a clear decision
- Commits to a concrete outcome: every study, tool, and memo ends in an actionable insight and a clear next step
Your team
Integrated stellarator design team
Team working between plasma physics and technology on the Alpha stellarator, where plasma, magnets, structures, cryogenics, and heating are tightly coupled.
How to get hired
- 1Recruiter Interview (30-60 min)
- 2Technical Screening (30 min)
- 3Technical Panel (3x60 min)
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About Proxima Fusion GmbH
Europe's fastest-growing fusion company
Proxima Fusion is Europe's fastest-growing fusion company and the continent's best-funded fusion player, as well as the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP). Backed by over €650M and powered by a growing team across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford, it develops the hardware and infrastructure needed for a commercial stellarator fusion power plant. Its concept advances the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator through two next-generation machines, Alpha and Stellaris, combining stellarator optimization, advanced computation, machine learning, and high-temperature superconducting magnets.
Mission
Making limitless clean energy a reality by delivering the world's first commercial stellarator fusion power plant.
Key facts
- Fusion energy
- Europe's fastest-growing fusion company
- Europe's best-funded fusion player
- First spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
- Backed by over €650M
- Growing team across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford
- Developing two next-generation machines: Alpha and Stellaris
- Alpha will be the first stellarator to demonstrate net energy
What they value
- Diversity of thought and experience
- High-performing, diverse team
- Challenges assumptions
- Builds together with purpose