Senior Computational Physicist, Stellarator Optimization

The role

You will design the magnetic fields and coils for stellarators. You will release optimized plasma and coil geometries to support engineering teams and resolve design trade-offs.

What you will do

• Release optimized plasma and coil geometries for engineering teams.
• Resolve design trade-offs between physics, engineering and assembly requirements.
• Own research projects to overcome technical challenges.
• Deliver results in time for design milestones with clear recommendations.

Required qualifications

• Strong mathematical reasoning.
• Experience solving difficult computational problems.
• Experience independently driving research to useful outcomes in academia or industry.
• Ability to write clear, reliable scientific code.
• Comfortable with Python, or can become productive in it quickly.
• Use of testing, version control, and code review.
• Master's degree in a STEM field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Physicists, mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists, and researchers from other quantitative backgrounds

Benefits

• Work on complex tech challenges to bring abundant, safe, clean energy to the world.
• Join and learn from an exceptional selection of accomplished and driven individuals.

Before you apply

• Recruiter Interview (30-60 min)
• Technical Screening (30 min)
• Technical Panel (3x60 min)

About the company

Proxima Fusion is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion company and the continent’s best-funded fusion player, as well as the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP). They are developing the hardware and infrastructure needed to deliver the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant.