About the role
About Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy. Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers and suppliers to build the energy industry of the future. We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised nearly $3 billion in capital, making us the largest and leading private fusion company in the world. Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team. If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you. Join the power movement as a Lead R&D Technician The Lead R&D Technician at Commonwealth Fusion Systems is responsible for leading a fast-paced and agile team building the world’s strongest high temperature superconducting magnets and assemblies. Working with R&D with all aspects of product development, commercialization, and on-going manufacturing support, including development, prototype production, production process monitoring, production troubleshooting, and related activities. This role ensures functional operation and preventative maintenance of equipment and general house-keeping. The R&D Technician team supports design and builds of test equipment with systems including but not limited to electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, magnetic, cryogenic, vacuum, pressure systems with cutting edge technological innovations in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities include close coordination with Operations, Maintenance, Quality and other departments to ensure goals and objectives are met. This individual will cover our Second Shift, 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm. \n
What you'll do: Lead a team in making electromechanical parts and assemblies for R&D to create processes & procedures Maintain the daily/weekly/monthly objectives and communicating them to employees Work within a multi-disciplinary team of manufacturing engineers and technicians to develop and qualify new manufacturing techniques and processes Perform and Lead a team and prototype hardware builds with minimal documentation and oversight Troubleshoot and resolve discrepancies with a focus on continuous improvement Stakeholder for feedback to supervisor during reviews Assists in building of new products, and/or optimization of existing products Prepares product prototypes for internal and/or external customer evaluation and to ensure robustness Conducts process monitoring activities, equipment capability & production trouble-shooting, identifying, communicating and implementing viable solutions to