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Senior Materials Engineer, Diagnostics

Everett, WA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-08 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the development of materials health monitoring for fusion generators by designing, qualifying, and deploying diagnostics to detect and quantify material degradation under combined stimuli.

Role type

Senior Materials Engineer (Diagnostics)

Builds

In-situ and ex-situ diagnostic systems for fusion-relevant components (first wall, magnets, insulators, capacitors, HV interfaces, seals)

Domain

Fusion energy / Nuclear engineering / Materials science

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Materials diagnostics, NDE, SHM, coupled-stimuli experiment design, sensor integration in structural materials, data analysis for degradation detection, test matrix design, risk assessment translation

Preferred skills

Fusion/fission/accelerator environment experience, radiation effects knowledge, post-irradiation examination (PIE), high-voltage system familiarity

Technologies

Python, sensors, inspection methods

Responsibilities

Develop and deploy diagnostics for degradation and failure; Translate failure modes into measurable signals; Design and execute coupled-stimuli experiments and PIE; Build test matrices linking microstructural evolution to sensor outputs; Own the materials diagnostics roadmap; Collaborate to embed diagnostics into hardware; Partner to integrate diagnostic outputs into predictive models; Productize diagnostic methods and sensors; Document test plans and procedures

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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