Research Software Engineer

Proxima Fusion

Munich, Germany

Posted on: 2025-05-28

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

Our stellarator design team is pushing the boundaries of today’s technologies, directly integrating physics simulation with design engineering and machine learning workflows. We are building new tools and processes to drive fusion performance up and power plant costs down.

As a Research Software Engineer, you will join our simulation platform development team, where you will collaborate on the design, development, and maintenance of next-generation software solutions for stellarator simulation and optimization.

The ideal candidate is a talented software practitioner with a user-first mindset, interested in tackling a diverse mix of challenges in scientific computing and simulation within a dynamic start-up environment.

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

Develop and maintain the full stack of our stellarator design and simulation framework, from cloud-based simulators to web UIs, enabling Proxima to keep improving the state of the art of stellarator technology at a fast pace.

Ensure the developer experience of our stellarator researchers and engineers is state of the art, accelerating and improving the quality of our R&D work, also integrating useful AI tools into our workflows.

Assist physicists and engineers with the design and development of new workflows, also automating and simplifying the integration of external tools.

WHO YOU ARE

Solid knowledge of Python in the context of scientific software development, such as developing a Python package with a C++ computational core for multiple users.

Experience in building, packaging and deploying scientific software using common CI and containerization solutions.

Enjoy staying up to date with current software development best practices and tools, e.g. AI coding assistants or modern data pipelines and scheduling solutions.

Enjoy diving into new problems with a continuous learning attitude, absorbing relevant domain knowledge.

Additional experience with scientific C++ and Fortran libraries, HPC technologies, cloud computing, or web app development is a plus.