
Posted 3 days ago
Manager, Process Engineering - Assembly
DevensOn-siteFull-time
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Manages a team of 8 to 15 process engineers to develop, release, and implement work instructions for the SPARC Tokamak assembly, optimizing workflows and collaborating with design and field engineering peers.
About this role
About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy.
Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers, suppliers, and many others to build the energy industry of the future.
We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised $4 billion of capital, making us the largest and leading fusion company in the world.
Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.
If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.
Join the power movement as Manager, Process Engineering - Assembly
The Manager, Process Engineering is an organizational leader accountable for the management, engineering oversight, and efficient development and release of all engineering created work instructions across all elements of the SPARC Tokamak build. The role will manage a team of 8 to 15 engineers spread across the in work and soon to start stations of SPARC Assembly. As manager, the role at its core requires supporting the effective organization, tasking, and development of the individual contributors on the team while also driving efficiency and technical development tools to most effectively complete the thousands of planning tasks prior to the planned start of work. Additionally, the leadership role requires close collaboration with Field Assembly Engineering peers (who scope and discretize the work) and design engineering counterparts supplying inputs and technical detail. The role involves a high degree and quantity of decision making around technical approaches to a wide variety of mechanical challenges to keep the team unblocked and on task. At the core, the manager will refine existing processes, develop individual talent, and resolve pop up issues to create the most complete set of work instructions needed to build CFS’s technically complex SPARC Tokmakak.
What you'll do:
What we’re looking for:
- Civil, Structural, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering BS
- 7+ years of Mechanical Engineering Experience demonstrating project ownership
- 2+ years experience directly managing an engineering team or a large scale engineering project as an individual contributor.
- 2+ years of experience with CAD software
Bonus points for:
- 8+ years of Mechanical Engineering Experience demonstrating project ownership
- 4+ years experience directly managing an engineering team or a large scale engineering project as an individual contributor
- 3 years of experience with Siemens NX
- Lifting operations experience
- Knowledge of welding
- Knowledge of piping and tubing construction and joining
- Experience with highly complex or delicate assemblies
- Experience with assembly or integration in tightly packaged spaces
- Experience with fast-paced and dynamic construction, manufacturing, or assembly/integration builds
Must-have Requirements:
Skills
Assembly IntegrationCAD SoftwareMechanical EngineeringPiping And Tubing ConstructionProcess EngineeringProject ManagementSiemens NXTracking And Priority ToolsWeldingWork Instruction Development
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