Develop mechanical CAD designs and software workflows using Siemens NX and Teamcenter data. Build Python and NXOpen automation tools, integrate CAD geometry and parameters with scientific analysis and control systems, support engineering release workflows, and ensure compliance with CAD, GD&T, and ASME standards. The role requires collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and occasional travel, nights, weekends, or on-call work.
About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy.
Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers, suppliers, and many others to build the energy industry of the future.
We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised $4 billion of capital, making us the largest and leading fusion company in the world.
Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.
If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.
Join the power movement as a Senior CAD Application Engineer
CFS is hiring a Senior CAD Application Engineer to develop tools and processes to leverage the CAD NX and TC data to drive development, feed analysis tools and control systems. In this role the Senior CAD Application Engineer must have strong mechanical design experience as well as software development experience.
We’re looking for more thinkers, doers, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team. If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.
What you'll do:
- Deliver complete mechanical designs including, tolerance stacks, coordinate CTE/Structural analysis, and assembly procedures
- Develop CAD design and software workflows that convert parametric models from NX CAD geometry into formats that can be used by engineering teams and control systems within analysis algorithms
- Develop software automation tools that enable users to interact with NX data from Python
- Develop software tooling for integrating NX model parameters, coordinate systems, and geometry in existing scientific software tooling
- Utilize software tools and the NXOpen API to enable coordinate transformations and quick access to a single source of truth
- Have experience with ASME Y14.100 and ASME Y14.5 standards
- Develop software tooling to ensure that CAD designs and documentation comply with industry and internal CAD standards
- Be part of a matrix organization as a member of the CAD Team reporting to a CAD Team Leader/Manager
- Work within a multi-disciplinary and proven team of top scientists and engineers to support our functional teams
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM related field
- 10 plus years of industry experience
- Experienced with engineering release work flows and PLM tools
- Five years of experience as a design engineer of mechanical, electro-mechanical or thermal-mechanical systems
- Proven ability to extract key data using software automations for NX and TC
- Experienced with GD&T per ASME Y14.100 and ASME Y14.5
- Ten plus years of experience in application of Siemens NX and Teamcenter
- Self motivated and ability to apply problem solving methods
- Experienced with programing Python, NXOpen API, Linux, Git and Computational Geometry
Bonus points for:
- Master’s degree in engineering or STEM related field
- Rigid body kinematics analysis, thermal analysis and finite element analysis
- Commercialization of new technology
Must-have Requirements:
- Perform activities such as typing and sitting, etc. for extended periods of time
- Dedication to safety to mitigate industrial hazards that may include heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics
- Willingness to occasionally travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call
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At CFS, we excel in fast-paced environments, driven by our values of integrity, execution, impact, and self-critique. As we grow, we’re eager to bring on mission-driven folks who offer diverse perspectives and fresh ways to tackle challenges.
We value diversity deeply and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer by choice. We consider all qualified applicants equally, regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law.
This role requires compliance with U.S. laws concerning the export of controlled or protected technologies or information (collectively, “Export Control Laws"). Any offer of employment will be contingent on the need for compliance with such Export Control Laws.
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