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# Design Engineer - Neutral Beams

- **Company:** Physics World Jobs Partner Network
- **Location:** Lake Forest, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), Comsol Multiphysics, SolidWorks (CAD), Ansys
- **Published:** September 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.physicsworldjobs.com/external-redirect-registration?JobId=33290&LinkSource=JobDetails

## About the Role

* Experience with one or more:
 + Charged particle beam systems
 + Plasma sources (especially ion sources)
 + High-voltage engineering
 + Vacuum systems
 * Good knowledge of SolidWorks or Catia
 * Familiarity with simulation tools:
 + COMSOL Multiphysics, ANSYS, or similar

 * 5-10 years professional experience in an engineering role (design, analysis, test or manufacturing)

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with neutral beam injection systems or fusion devices
 * Knowledge of:

 * RF ion sources or negative ion generation
 * High power flux dumps
 * Magnetic confinement systems (tokamaks, stellarators)

Hands-on experience with:

 * High-power test systems
 * Diagnostics (Langmuir probes, spectroscopy, beam diagnostics)
 * High voltage systems, * Bachelor's degree in design/mechanical engineering or related field, We hire employees at all degree levels (Ph.D./master's/bachelor's/associates). For science and physicist roles we require Ph.D., preferred plasma physics

## Description

* Design and develop neutral beam injection systems, including ion sources, beam optics, vacuum system and beam dumps
 * Design high-voltage components (100 kV-1 MV class systems)
 * Develop thermal management solutions for high-power-density components
 * Collaborate with physicists to integrate beam line components in the NB injector
 * Prototyping, testing, and commissioning of beamline systems


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