Senior Director - Balance Of Plant; BOP Engineering

Senior Director - Balance Of Plant (BOP) Engineering

Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy ⚡️

About Type One Energy

Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture-backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state‑of‑the‑art stellarator fusion machines, together with veteran business leaders experienced in scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies.

If you are searching for the best new ideas and share our vision, join us as a Senior Director - Balance Of Plant (BOP) Engineering. This is what you need to know:

Location: Knoxville, TN

Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits

Contract: Permanent, full time

Reporting to: VP Engineering

Your role in the mission:

The Senior Director - Balance Of Plant (BOP) Engineering is the senior technical leader responsible for the development and engineered design of all non‑fusion related Systems, Structures, and Components (SSCs), otherwise termed BOP SSCs, for Type One Energy’s Infinity One prototype, Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant Fusion Direct facilities (e.g., FORGE‑PFC). These BOP SSCs include items such as the site layout, civil‑structural elements of Infinity One and Infinity Two Conventional and Fusion Islands (e.g., buildings, bio‑shields), as well as the mechanical, electrical, fluid systems, controls, heat cycle, and power‑conversion components (e.g., turbine‑generator system).

The Senior Director – BOP Engineering role ensures that all BOP SSCs are developed and designed to meet performance and interface requirements, as well as relevant industry code and regulatory requirements, safety and quality expectations, constructability and maintainability needs, cost targets. The development and design of these BOP SSCs must be executed within the overall Fusion Direct program plan, including schedule, budget and other program objectives.

The Senior Director – BOP Engineering leads a multidisciplinary team that includes both internal Type One Energy employees, together with assigned AECOM partner organizational elements and other external contractors and seconded workforce. The role also includes primary interface responsibility with the Tennessee Vally Authority (TVA) for BOP design engineering interfaces with the TVA Bull Run site and services (e.g., power) relevant for Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and Fusion Direct facilities.

• Provide management direction and technical oversight of all Infinity One, Infinity Two, and relevant Fusion Direct facility BOP SSC design elements, including those in the civil, mechanical, electrical, and I&C engineering disciplines.
• Provide management direction and technical oversight for design of relevant SSC in Fusion Direct program testing and development facilities for which Type One Energy and design responsibilities.
• Develop and execute multi‑year BOP design engineering staffing and work execution plans aligned with Fusion Direct program milestones, budgets, schedules, and construction plans.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high‑performing BOP engineering organization, including discipline leads, subject‑matter experts, and external engineering partners.

• Provide technical oversight and direction to the development of all BOP engineering deliverables for all non‑fusion related SSCs for Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant Fusion Direct facilities.
• Ensure all BOP engineering interfaces and SSC requirements remain fully integrated and aligned with the fusion‑related SSCs in Infinity One and Infinity Two, working closely with Systems Engineering.
• Direct development of drawings, specifications, design reports, and technical analyses to support the procurement and manufacturing of BOP SSCs.
• Develop BOP SSC field assembly plans and procedures, and provide engineering support for construction of the associated elements of Infinity One, the Infinity Two fusion power plant, and relevant Fusion Direct facilities.
• Review and approve…