Full-Time
Extreme Environment Pump – Senior R&D Engineer
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Develops compact fusion power plants
Senior
Devens, MA, USA
- Minimum 5 year post-baccalaureate experience with pump technology
- Deep knowledge of pump technologies and design trade-offs
- Experience with pumps from design and development through into manufacturing
- Experience designing pump test stands, testing and validating pump performance
- Hands-on engineering experience with fluid systems and rotating machines
- Great communication and organizational skills
- Strong time management skills
- Self-motivation and autonomy
- Dedication to safety to mitigate hazards
- Graduate degree in an engineering or applied science discipline
- A demonstrated history of participation in or leading the delivery of bespoke hardware systems
- Experience with pumps in extreme environments
- Experience managing technical team of engineers and technicians
- Knowledge of resource estimation and projection
- Willingness to occasionally travel 10% or work required nights/weekends/on-call
- Plan and execute molten salt pump development campaign
- Design and test prototype pumps to evaluate architectures, head rise, sealing packages, efficiency, lifetime performance, salt compatibility, maintenance requirements, etc
- Interpret and consolidate experimental test data
- Ensure rapid execution of design-build-test-learn cycles and retirement of technical risks
- Help identify external partners and vendors to support and accelerate pump development
- Work collaboratively across an interdisciplinary team in the integration of prototype pump technology into flow loops of various scales
- Communicate results to a broad technical audience in written and oral formats
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is developing compact fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to enable faster and lower-cost construction. The company is currently building SPARC, the world's first net energy fusion demonstration device, with the ultimate mission of deploying fusion power plants to combat climate change.
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$3.8B
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founded
2018
6 month growth
↑ 18%1 year growth
↑ 40%2 year growth
↑ 158%Benefits
12.5 Company-wide Holidays
Our vacation policy is 'take vacation'
Our sick time policy is 'get better and try not to make others sick'
Generous parental leave policy
Health Reimbursement
Health, Dependent Care, & Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Accounts
Delta Dental, Blue 20/20 Vision optional
Wellbeing / Headspace coverage
Short-term & long-term disability
Life and AD&D insurance
401K