Alpha Plant Systems Lead

Overview

WHO WE ARE Proxima Fusion is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion company and the continent’s best-funded fusion player, as well as the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP). Backed by over €650M and powered by a growing team across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford, we are developing the hardware and infrastructure needed to deliver the world’s first commercial stellarator fus

What you'll do

• WHO WE ARE Proxima Fusion is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion company and the continent’s best-funded fusion player, as well as the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP).
• Backed by over €650M and powered by a growing team across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford, we are developing the hardware and infrastructure needed to deliver the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant.
• Our concept advances the most mature fusion technology out there, the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator, through two next-generation machines: Alpha and Stellaris.
• Our work combines stellarator optimization, advanced computation, machine learning, and high-temperature superconducting magnets to unlock higher-performance designs that were previously out of reach.
• Turning these designs into a functioning fusion power plant requires excellence and ownership across every discipline, from physics and engineering to software, manufacturing, law, and business functions.
• BY JOINING OUR TEAM YOU’LL GET TO Shape the architecture of the world’s first commercial fusion power plant, Own system-level decisions that determine how a first-of-a-kind energy technology is designed, integrated, and ultimately deployed at scale.
• Solve some of the most complex engineering challenges, Work across tightly coupled disciplines (plasma physics, magnets, cryogenics, manufacturing, controls, and more) to resolve critical trade-offs and turn cutting-edge science into a functioning product.
• Design real hardware with a pragmatic, fast-moving team from all over the world, Combine advanced simulation and systems thinking with a strong execution mindset, focusing on practical engineering solutions that accelerate the path to commercial fusion energy.
• YOUR IMPACT Shape the architecture of the world’s first net energy gain stellarator by taking full responsibility for the design, integration, and delivery of Alpha’s ancillary systems.
• You will own the system-level decisions that determine how breakthrough technology is integrated and delivered.

Requirements

• Practical experience with Stellarator Design.
• Relevant academic or project background for a Alpha Plant Systems Lead role.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working on-site in Munich.

Skills