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About Type One Energy
Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture-backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state-of-the-art stellarator fusion machines, together with veteran business leaders experienced in scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies.
If you are searching for the best new ideas and share our vision, join us as a Senior Director - Balance Of Plant (BOP) Engineering. This is what you need to know:
Location: Knoxville, TN
Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits
Contract: Permanent, full time
Reporting to: VP Engineering
Your role in the mission:
The Senior Director - Balance Of Plant (BOP) Engineering is the senior technical leader responsible for the development and engineered design of all non-fusion related Systems, Structures, and Components (SSCs), otherwise termed BOP SSCs, for Type One Energy’s Infinity One prototype, Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant FusionDirect facilities (e.g., FORGE-PFC). These BOP SSCs include items such as the site layout, civil-structural elements of Infinity One and Infinity Two Conventional and Fusion Islands (e.g., buildings, bio-shields), as well as the mechanical, electrical, fluid systems, controls, heat cycle, and power-conversion components (e.g., turbine-generator system).
The Senior Director – BOP Engineering role ensures that all BOP SSCs are developed and designed to meet performance and interface requirements, as well as relevant industry code and regulatory requirements, safety and quality expectations, constructability and maintainability needs, cost targets. The development and design of these BOP SSCs must be executed within the overall FusionDirect program plan, including schedule, budget and other program objectives.'
The Senior Director – BOP Engineering leads a multidisciplinary team that includes both internal Type One Energy employees, together with assigned AECOM partner organizational elements and other external contractors and seconded workforce. The role also includes primary interface responsibility with the Tennessee Vally Authority (TVA) for BOP design engineering interfaces with the TVA Bull Run site and services (e.g., power) relevant for Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and FusionDirect facilities.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy
- Provide management direction and technical oversight of all Infinity One, Infinity Two, and relevant FusionDirect facility BOP SSC design elements, including those in the civil, mechanical, electrical, and I&C engineering disciplines.
- Provide management direction and technical oversight for design of relevant SSC in FusionDirect program testing and development facilities for which Type One Energy and design responsibilities.
- Develop and execute multi‑year BOP design engineering staffing and work execution plans aligned with FusionDirect program milestones, budgets, schedules, and construction plans.
- Build, mentor, and lead a high‑performing BOP engineering organization, including discipline leads, subject‑matter experts, and external engineering partners.
Engineering & Technical Oversight
- Provide technical oversight and direction to the development of all BOP engineering deliverables for all non-fusion related SSCs for Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant FusionDirect facilities.
- Ensure all BOP engineering interfaces and SSC requirements remain fully integrated and aligned with the fusion-related SSCs in Infinity One and Infinity Two, working closely with Systems Engineering.
- Direct development of drawings, specifications, design reports, and technical analyses to support the procurement and manufacturing of BOP SSCs.
- Develop BOP SSC field assembly plans and procedures, and provide engineering support for construction of the associated elements of Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant FusionDirect facilities.
- Review and approve technical decisions and designs for all BOP SSCs. As it relates to the civil-structural aspects of Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant FusionDirect facilities, this includes seismic and environmental performance, geotechnical investigations, hydrology, site layout, and modular construction methods.
Program & Project Management
- Develop and manage engineering budgets, staffing plans, and schedules for executing BOP engineering responsibilities related to Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant FusionDirect facilities.
- Manage and coordinate the work scope assigned to AECOM and other engineering contractors, specialty consultants, and vendors.
- Support BOP SSC design engineering risk identification, mitigation planning, and change‑management processes.
- Drive BOP SSC constructability reviews, value engineering, and design‑to‑cost initiatives that also consider safety, performance, and schedule efficiency.
Regulatory & Quality Engagement
- Represent the technical and engineering design elements of all BOP SSCs for Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant FusionDirect facilities during regulatory meetings, design reviews, and stakeholder engagements.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- Partner and collaborate with leaders and teams responsible for non-BOP SSCs of Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant FusionDirect facilities, to ensure seamless, coordinated interface and integration of all SSCs.
- Partner and collaborate with construction, project controls, procurement, and supply chain organizations responsible for the deployment of Infinity One and relevant FusionDirect facilities to ensure the engineered design of all BOP SSCs supports constructability and maintainability requirements.
What you’ll need:
- Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline required, with a Master’s degree highly preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- Minimum of 15 years of engineering experience in power plant design engineering.
- Minimum of 10 years in engineering leadership roles with multidisciplinary responsibility for technical results, budget and schedule performance.
- Demonstrated and deep experience managing the design of power plant BOP SSCs across all relevant engineering disciplines, including civil, mechanical, electrical and controls.
- Experience with both nuclear and non-nuclear power plant design preferred.
- Experience with modular construction techniques.
- Strong knowledge of all power plant BOP SSC design requirements and existing relevant commercial solutions and products.
- Expertise codes and standards, include AMSE, for power generation facilities.
- Exceptional technical leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to lead through ambiguity and develop practical solutions for complex engineering challenges.
We offer:
In addition to a basic salary and yearly bonus, you will also get…
- A hybrid work policy
- Stock options
- Relocation allowance
- Insurance plans
- Retirement options
- And many more great voluntary benefits
Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods, modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Our FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk, shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade, using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.
Type One Energy is committed to community engagement in the development and deployment of its clean energy technology. For more information, visit www.typeoneenergy.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Type One Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity, searching for the best new ideas and remaining open to unique perspectives. Therefore, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment independent of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
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