Intern/Working Student, Alpha Engineering Design Team

The role

You will join the Alpha Engineering Design team to help build the Alpha machine. You will work on the Magnet Support Structures team performing structural and thermomechanical analysis of systems holding superconducting coils.

What you will do

• Contribute to the design, analysis or testing of Alpha systems.
• Work with physics, mechanical and structural teams.
• Carry out engineering studies such as finite element simulations, design trade-offs, prototyping, experiments or simulation development.
• Document results and present them to the team.
• Turn findings into concrete design recommendations.

Required qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Robotics/Mechatronics, or a related field.
• Must stay enrolled for the whole internship or working student contract.
• Experience in designing and analysing mechanical components and assemblies.
• Experience in designing and delivering the conceptual and detailed design of mechanical, structural, thermal or electro-mechanical equipment for research, development, prototyping and manufacturing.
• Knowledge and experience of designing and selecting materials for high temperature, cryogenic, electromagnetic, vacuum applications.

Nice to have

• Experience with 3DExperience/CATIA v6
• Experience with ANSYS
• Proficiency with programming languages used in science and engineering (particularly Python)

Before you apply

• Behavioural and Technical Screening (30 min)
• Technical Panel (1x60 min)

About the company

Proxima Fusion is driven by a mission to redefine the future of sustainable energy through a unique concept built upon the W7-X stellarator. The company uses computation, machine learning, and high temperature superconducting magnets to develop commercially viable fusion power plants.