Munich, Garching · Full-time · On-site, remote work possible
Starforge is on a mission to make fusion energy a practical utility by factory-manufacturing modular, fleet-deployable fusion reactors. We are fusion's Henry Ford moment.
Our first reactor product line, Unit One, is a 250 MWe spherical tokamak, built from demountable high-temperature superconducting magnets and designed in modular blocks so that every component can be factory-manufactured as well as replaced on site.
Our team comes from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, MIT, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Tokamak Energy, KIT, Lilium, and GE.
Come and join us in building the future.
The components inside the vacuum vessel see the harshest conditions in the machine: plasma heat and particle loads, neutrons, and erosion. In a compact spherical tokamak, this can get even trickier as the divertor has to handle some of the highest heat fluxes in fusion. How long these components last and how quickly they can be swapped sets the overall efficiency of the Unit One reactor, and, ultimately, its value proposition. This is your chance to design the parts that stand face to face with a fusion plasma, prove they survive it in Unit One, and then watch them come off a factory line.
You will be our first in-vessel hire and own the divertor, first wall and all other in-vessel components end to end. You will report to the Head of Physics and Reactor Design, and work closely with our neutronics, blanket, mechanical and magnet owners and our external research partners.