Job Overview
Location
Germany
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Engineering
Date Posted
June 30, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • As the Fusion Island Power Cycle Lead – Reactor, you will lead the design and development of the Fusion Island power cycle, including the cooling system, thermodynamic cycle, and primary heat exchanger, ensuring safe, efficient, and integrated solutions across the reactor plant.
- • You will have end-to-end accountability for the power cycle design from concept through detailed design, licensing, construction, and commissioning, while resolving complex, cross-cutting technical issues that cannot be resolved at the engineer or discipline level.
- • You will lead a multidisciplinary team, write key engineering deliverables such as system design descriptions and safety analysis inputs, and manage design change control processes to maintain schedule and cost discipline.
- • You will report design status, risks, and issues regularly to the Fusion Island Group Leader and contribute to building clarity and structure in a fast-growing deep-tech environment focused on commercializing laser-driven nuclear fusion.
🎯 Requirements
- • M. Sc. in nuclear engineering or aerospace engineering
- • Minimum of 5 years of experience, including at least 2 years leading multidisciplinary technical teams
- • Advanced experience in CFD and deep knowledge of fluid dynamics, thermal-hydraulics, thermodynamic cycles, and safety analysis principles
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge laser-driven nuclear fusion technology with global impact
- • Inclusive and equal opportunity work environment committed to diversity and fair chance hiring
- • Compensation based on location, level, knowledge, skills, and experience, with potential for incentive compensation and equity
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About Focused Energy Inc.
Focused Energy is dedicated to commercializing laser fusion technology to achieve clean and abundant energy production. They are optimizing fuel and laser systems to develop an integrated engineering prototype for commercial energy production. The company's technology utilizes Pearl™ fuel capsules, derived from seawater and lithium, to increase energy output. With a team of renowned fusion experts, Focused Energy aims to decouple energy production from resource consumption, unlocking economic growth and scientific innovation. Focused Energy recently entered into a $40 million agreement with Amplitude to advance high-energy lasers, marking a key step toward commercialization.
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