- Salary
- $135k – $210k
- Location
- Kearny, NJ
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Technology
- Education
- PhD
- Source
- Lever
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 looking for a highly motivated Burning Plasma Scientist to join our Physics team, focusing on modeling energetic particle confinement and transport. In this role, you will run high-fidelity simulations and pioneer the use of Machine Learning surrogates to accelerate our design cycles. You will work directly with our optimization team to ensure our magnetic topologies manage fast-ion loss and heat loads effectively.
Skills
PythonMATLABMachine Learning
Benefits
Salary range $135,000-$210,000Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)Employee equity stock options20 days PTO