AI Augmentation Lead

Proxima Fusion

Munich, Germany

Posted on: 2025-05-21

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Building stellarator fusion power plants—the clearest, most robust path to commercial fusion energy.

WHO WE ARE

At Proxima Fusion, we're driven by a bold mission – to redefine the future of sustainable energy. Our unique concept, built upon the groundbreaking W7-X stellarator and the latest advances in technology, paves the way for commercially viable fusion power plants.

Our work in stellarator optimization, powered by cutting-edge computation and machine learning, is propelling us into uncharted territories of fusion technology. New higher performance design points are unlocked by high temperature superconducting magnets.

We're on a journey to redefine the energy landscape, ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.

YOUR IMPACT

Turn moonshot AI ideas into production workflows! You will shape the backlog of our AI strategy, build compounding workflows together with the rest of the company and report ROI directly to the leadership team.

KEY OUTCOMES (6 months)

1. Two generative AI workflows reaching > 70 % weekly active users within 120 days of hire.

2. Company-wide information-availability policy drafted, approved, and implemented.

3. AI-ROI dashboard is prominently referenced in the company.

Proxima Fusion is firmly committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. We embrace the principles of equality and stand against discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation.

Our organizational culture values and promotes equal opportunities for everyone, recognizing that a diverse team brings a richness of perspectives and contributes to our overall success. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates with various backgrounds, talents, and potential. Our selection process is solely based on individual merit, ensuring fair and impartial consideration for all applicants.

WHY JOIN PROXIMA FUSION

You will get to work on some of the most complex tech challenges to bring abundant, safe, clean energy to the world.

You'll get to join and learn from an exceptional selection of accomplished and driven individuals.

Do your life’s best work and enjoy the journey.

Get to show that big things are possible in Europe when you assemble the best talent.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Decompose fuzzy ideas into shippable products with binary success criteria.

Design concrete products and user experiences – guide the full company to an AI augmented state.

Navigate data access control protocols, then bake controls into the architecture.

Monitor, negotiate and manage the incorporation of AI products (LLM APIs, vector DBs, automation platforms, etc.).

Rapidly prototype AI solutions for Proxima’s use case, up to date with the cutting edge.

Communicate progress in crisp artefacts: one-page specs, cost rings, live metrics.

WHO YOU ARE

You have already launched an internal AI product used by hundreds of people or handled a budget > €200k—show us numbers.

You can explain, in one paragraph, how you increased the productivity of a team by ≥20%.

You can generate context for yourself proactively and are not afraid to dive into use cases ranging from plasma physics to structural engineering to big project management or controlling.

You think in user journeys and experiences, and are pragmatic in how to get there.

Degree irrelevant; evidence of methodical, audacious shipping essential.