Director - Divertor and Plasma Material Interactions

About Thea Energy: Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future. Position Overview: Thea Energy is seeking a Director - Divertor and Plasma Material Interactions to lead the research, design, engineering, prototyping, and qualification of Thea Energy’s divertor and first-wall systems across both the Eos and Helios development programs. This leader will lead an interdisciplinary team that will advance the technical basis for device design of three tightly coupled areas: • Core-edge integration • Plasma edge and divertor physics • Plasma material interactions (PMI) As part of a rapidly growing team, you’ll be part of the organizational build-up of a leading fusion energy company. This role will have a high degree of autonomy and must be able to move quickly to resolve technical issues in a timely manner.