Cryogenics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and develop cryogenics systems for layering fuel in IFE targets
• Design and develop cryogenic systems for housing target injectors and assist in target injector design
• Develop tests to evaluate cryogenic system performance and analyze test results
• Assist with other power plant cryogenic projects including tritium recovery and purification systems, and chamber gas purification and recirculation systems

Requirements

• PhD or MS, or experience equivalent, in Engineering, Applied Physics, Physics, or related field
• Demonstrated ability to design and develop complex cryogenics systems
• Demonstrated ability to model static heat loads and transient cool downs in cryogenic systems
• Strong analytical data/measurement skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cryogenic mechanical and fluid handling systems
• Experience designing systems for handling deuterium tritium (DT)
• Experience with fusion cryogenic systems
• Experience with a variety of closed loop cryogenic plant equipment
• Experience with FEM or FDM codes

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Company-paid holidays
• Matching 401k

About the Company

Inertia is taking the most direct, scientifically-proven path to commercializing fusion, leveraging the only successful achievement of fusion ignition, using a process that was pioneered at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).