Senior HTS Test Engineer

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. 

CFS is collaborating with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with new groundbreaking high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. 

The mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. 

If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy.

CFS collaborates with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with groundbreaking new high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. Our mission is to deploy these power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. To that end, CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. To implement this plan, we are looking to add dedicated people to the team who treat people well, improve our work by adding multifaceted perspectives and new ways of solving problems, have achieved outstanding results through a range of pursuits, and have skills and experience related to this role.

The Senior HTS Test Engineer will be responsible for ensuring reliable and repeatable execution of HTS performance testing for customers throughout the organization. This includes QA acceptance testing of incoming tape from suppliers as well as testing for internal customers which informs R&D and production activities. 

HTS testing uses test equipment which combines deep cryogenics, high vacuum, high power, and high field to take electrical performance measurements. While this role would not need to be an expert in any of these individual regimes, the HTS Test Engineer would need to understand enough about how the equipment works at the system-level to be able to safely perform troubleshooting activities which can isolate the root cause of any problems, in order to identify the appropriate technical expert that should be pulled in. For this system-level understanding, this role should be able to read and interpret fluid schematics (P&IDs), electrical diagrams, wiring lists, data acquisition systems, and CAD files, amongst other machine documentation. Familiarity with how software works in order to better understand and diagnose system behavior is a must.

This role would be responsible for defining systems that plan and track status of testing and make hardware, software, and process improvements. This role is responsible for collecting the data that identifies inefficiencies, proposing changes that address those inefficiencies (without sacrificing the quality of the collected data), and implementing approved changes.

CFS team members thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have demonstrated exceptional results through a range of different pursuits. We all tightly align with our company values of integrity, execution, impact and self-critique. As we grow, we are looking to add talented people who are mission driven and bring diverse perspectives and new ways of solving problems.

At CFS, we deeply value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer by choice. We consider all qualified applicants equally for employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.