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# Senior Design Engineer - Neutral Beams

- **Company:** TAE Technologies
- **Location:** Lake Forest, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,000 - $160,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), Comsol Multiphysics, SolidWorks (CAD), Ansys
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-design-engineer-neutral-beams-foothill-ranch-ca--81c14fe1-8528-4166-bb2b-2e41e190f34b

## About the Role

Technical/Engineering Design, Patient Care, Cancer, Electric Power Generation, Injections, Optics, High Voltage (HV), Thermal Management, Physics, Prototyping, * 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

Education

 * Bachelor's degree in design/mechanical engineering or related field

## 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