Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy.

CFS collaborates with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with groundbreaking new high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. Our mission is to deploy these power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. To that end, CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. To implement this plan, we are looking to add dedicated people to the team who treat people well, improve our work by adding multifaceted perspectives and new ways of solving problems, have achieved outstanding results through a range of pursuits, and have skills and experience related to this role.

Our goal is to deploy thousands of fusion power plants (ARCs) around the world. We need a highly motivated and experienced Industrial Safety Engineer to help deliver our first fusion device, SPARC. After SPARC is proven we move forward to multiple iterations of ARC technology for rapid deployment.

We are seeking a Industrial Safety Engineer to join our Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security (EHSS) team. Reporting directly to the Director of Project Safety, this role will be the SPARC Projects safety expert and will serve as a leader to ensure the safe construction, assembly, commissioning and operation of novel systems and applications throughout the fusion power plant. These systems and applications are found in the tokamak, primary & secondary support systems to the tokamak, and operations applications throughout the power plant as we lead ambitious endeavors aimed at developing cutting-edge fusion power technology.

Examples of the unique and novel power systems we are currently engineering include:

● A Cryogenic System (CRYO) removes heat from the tokamak to keep the superconducting magnets operating down to 8°Kelvin (-445°F). CRYO consists of a distribution system with multiple tanks and vacuum-jacketed lines interfacing with the fusion reactor to supply cold helium and return warm to the cryoplant. The cryoplant is a 4 MW helium Brayton cycle plant that rejects the heat to the liquid nitrogen (LN2) and cooling water systems.

● A Radio Frequency Heating System (RFHT) serves as the heat source to bring the plasma up to and sustain operating temperatures, utilizing Ion Cyclotron Resonant Heating. The system is built up of a series of transmitters that convert electrical power to Radio Frequency power, a transmission system, and ultimately an antenna system to send the signals into the tokamak.

● A pulsed power system responsible for driving the SPARC tokamak magnet system loads and providing dynamic control of plasma. It consists of a 700 MVA, 22 kV synchronous machine source, kinetic energy storage and approximately 1000 MVA of installed power conversion equipment serving 20+ individually controlled loads.

The ideal candidate for this role will have significant experience with occupational safety and health in industrial plants, power generation facilities, utilities, or large scientific facilities such as particle accelerators or fusion devices. Successful candidates will demonstrate sufficient technical knowledge to understand detailed designs across a range of traditional power plant systems as well as unique and novel systems associated with a first of its kind fusion device. This individual will be comfortable spending the majority of working hours in the plant envelope.

The selected candidate will be highly organized, solutions focused and an excellent communicator. They will routinely interface with contractors, engineers, operations, maintenance, and Visitors. They must have the communication skills needed to articulate and defend CFS’ programs and procedures.

This role is onsite at our Devens MA campus. This is not a hybrid or remote role. This role may include on-call responsibilities which would require the ability to be onsite within one hour.