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Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy
About Type One Energy
Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture-backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state-of-the-art stellarator fusion machines, together with veteran business leaders experienced in scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies.
If you are searching for the best new ideas and share our vision, join us as a Senior Design Integration Engineer. This is what you need to know:
Location: Knoxville, TN
Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits
Contract: Permanent, full time
Reporting to: Senior Vice President of Engineering
Your role in the mission:
The Senior Design Integration Engineer is responsible for ensuring that all Fusion Island, Balance of Plant (BOP), facility, laboratory, prototyping, and testing systems are fully integrated into a cohesive, buildable, operable, and maintainable plant. This role serves as the central integration leader across engineering disciplines, internal stakeholders, and external partners to align plant design, infrastructure, interfaces, and execution strategies throughout the project lifecycle supporting efforts by the Technical Directors of the Fusion Island and the Balance of Plant as well as the various Technical Leads.
The position combines advanced technical expertise with leadership, planning, coordination, and project execution responsibilities to ensure the successful integration of complex systems while supporting major design, construction, commissioning, and operational objectives.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the integration of Fusion Island, Balance of Plant (BOP), facility, laboratory, prototyping, and testing systems into a cohesive, buildable, operable, and maintainable plant design.
• Support definition, management, and resolution of interfaces between engineering disciplines, organizations, contractors, and external partners to ensure alignment of plant-wide design objectives and requirements.
• Drive resolution of cross-functional design conflicts, integration gaps, and technical risks while maintaining a consistent and controlled plant design baseline throughout project development.
• Lead planning and development activities for facilities, laboratories, prototyping, and testing environments, including the development of engineering specifications, design criteria, scopes of work, and capital project requirements.
• Support site layout optimization, utility integration, equipment installation planning, material flow, maintainability, and operational readiness to support efficient construction, commissioning, and long-term operations.
• Conduct technical evaluations, feasibility studies, risk assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and long-range planning activities to support strategic engineering and infrastructure decisions.
• Support project execution through major design, construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover milestones, including readiness activities associated with all Technical Progress Reviews.
• Lead, as necessary, and coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, all established Projects, consultants, contractors, and engineering service providers to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality project delivery.
• Help support and manage engineering priorities, resource planning, technical standards, documentation, and project reporting while mentoring and developing engineering staff.
• Champion engineering excellence, continuous improvement, safety, accountability, and collaboration across all integration and development activities.

Key Competencies

• Systems Integration Leadership - Connects multiple engineering disciplines and systems into a cohesive and functioning plant.
• Technical Excellence - Applies sound engineering principles and practical judgment to complex technical challenges.
• Cross-Functional Influence - Builds alignment and drives decisions across various Projects, organizations and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strategic Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves complex interface, integration, and execution issues.
• Execution Focus - Delivers integrated engineering solutions aligned with program objectives and key milestones.
• Leadership and Talent Development - Develops engineering capability through coaching, mentorship, and team leadership.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Nuclear, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience in complex plant, facility, infrastructure, energy, industrial, or engineering development projects.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering efforts and integrating multiple systems into a functional operational asset.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, schedules, risks, and multidisciplinary project teams.

We offer:
In addition to a basic salary and yearly bonus, you will also get...

• A hybrid work policy
• Stock options
• Relocation allowance
• Insurance plans
• Retirement options
• And many more great voluntary benefits

Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods, modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Our FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk, shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade, using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.
Type One Energy is committed to community engagement in the development and deployment of its clean energy technology. For more information, visit www.typeoneenergy.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Export Control Compliance Notice
This position may require access to technology, technical data, software, or other information that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon the Company's ability to comply with applicable U.S. Export Control Laws, including obtaining any required government authorizations.
Type One Energy is a Global, U.S.-based company that develops and utilizes technologies subject to U.S. export control and trade compliance regulations. Certain positions may require access to controlled technologies, technical data, software, or other information regulated by U.S. Export Control Laws.
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