Systems Engineer
About the role
Main responsibilities
- Leading systems engineering development for the stellarator power plant, including defining system requirements, developing system architectures, risk assessments, validation and verification, and managing system interfaces.
- Development of the Gauss Fusion systems engineering framework.
- Coordination with various engineering disciplines to ensure integration and compatibility of subsystems.
- Development and maintenance of system documentation, including specifications, design documents, interface control documents.
- Implement system-level testing and verification to ensure compliance with requirements and specifications.
- Ensure proper QA and data processes are developed to support and streamline the eventual licensing of the fusion power plant.
- Implementation of the systems engineering framework through industry standard model based software approaches.
Qualification and educational requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent in the engineering field;
- Professional recognition through full membership of a relevant Institution, or completion of a Phd/Dr.-Ing in a relevant engineering area is an asset.
- Technical experience:
- Preferably more than 5 years of experience in engineering or related fields, ideally with experience of working in technology development and subsequent experience working as a Systems Engineer on large-scale engineering projects.
- Experience in system architecture design, integration, and testing.
- Familiarity with systems engineering tools and methodologies.
Competences and preferred skills
- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and practices.
- Proficiency in requirements management and flow-down, configuration management, and risk management.
- Proficiency in SysML and/or MBSE software tools.
- Proficiency in Risk Analysis and Failure Mode Analysis.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate complex engineering projects.
- Familiarity with magnetic fusion and/or power-plant systems preferred.
About us
Gauss Fusion is a European fusion company focused on industrialising stellarator fusion and developing a modular power plant architecture, critical technologies and industrial capabilities required for scaling fusion power plants in the future.
The start-up was founded in 2022 by Frank Laukien together with European high-tech companies with capabilities in magnetic-confinement fusion and component production for Fusion experiments like ITER. Gauss Fusion combines fusion science and systems engineering with industrial engineering and manufacturing expertise. Its peer-reviewed GIGA™ power-plant platform provides the technologically most promising system-level architecture to build cost-efficient stellarator power plants at scale.
Within this architecture, Gauss Fusion is advancing critical technologies in areas including demountable magnet systems, tritium breeding, fuel-cycle technologies, and plasma exhaust. Working with industrial partners, technology providers and leading research institutions across Europe, the company is building the engineering, technologies and supply-chain capabilities required to progress stellarator fusion towards industrial deployment.
Join us on our journey to revolutionize the energy landscape and make fusion power a reality.
The time is now!
