Heating System Development Engineer (Fusion)

Location: On-site in Munich, Germany

Company

hirify.global is a fusion-energy spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics developing hardware and infrastructure for commercial stellarator fusion power plants.

What you will do

• Drive the delivery of high-power radio-frequency and particle heating sources developed by external partners.
• Evaluate vendor proposals and designs to determine the optimal power-delivery path for the Alpha stellarator.
• Integrate heating systems developed across the supply chain with the wider Alpha stellarator design and engineering teams.
• Coordinate with project management and external partnerships teams to deliver RF components using internal and grant funding.
• Capture technical and delivery learnings from Alpha to inform the heating system strategy for the Stellaris power plant.

Requirements

• Direct experience leading the delivery and installation of a megawatt-level heating or particle accelerator system.
• Experience delivering projects that combine vendor-supplied and internally developed systems.
• Experience with gyrotrons and associated components, including transmission systems, launcher antennas, and RF loads.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-experts.
• Ability to work on-site in Munich.

Nice to have

• Quality assurance and validation experience with high-power heating systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on commercial stellarator fusion technology and clean baseload energy.
• Collaborate across physics, engineering, software, manufacturing, legal, and business functions.
• Contribute to a rapidly growing company with major technical milestones ahead.
• Work across teams in Munich, Zurich, and Oxford.

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview lasting 30–60 minutes.
• Technical screening lasting 30 minutes.
• Technical panel consisting of three 60-minute interviews.