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Our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to fusion energy while safeguarding humankind. This is not a normal company. This is not a normal job. We are committed for the long term to win.\nAbout the Role\nFuse is establishing a dedicated in-house manufacturing facility for high-voltage pulsed-power capacitors. The program requires production of hundreds of thousands of 40-160 nF, 100 kV double-ended capacitors, previously produced only by a handful of specialized manufacturers worldwide. As the Capacitor Manufacturing Engineer, you'll bring deep hands-on expertise in high-voltage film capacitor fabrication to commission, qualify, and operate this facility from the ground up - a founding engineering role with direct impact on the core pulsed-power infrastructure.\nCore Responsibilities\nFacility Setup & Process Engineering\nLead the setup and commissioning of the capacitor manufacturing facility, including procurement and qualification of winding, impregnation, encapsulation, and high-voltage test equipment.\n\nEstablish the manufacturing process from raw film through finished, tested capacitor.\n\nFilm Winding & Dielectric Stack Assembly\nDevelop and optimize winding parameters for metallized polypropylene (PP) film or film/foil electrode systems for high-voltage, low-inductance pulse applications.\n\nDefine winding tension, layer counts, geometry, and metallization strategies to improve performance and service life.\n\nVacuum Impregnation & Encapsulation\nDevelop and qualify vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI) and encapsulation processes to eliminate voids, suppress partial discharge, and maximize dielectric strength.\n\nEnsure terminal integration and mechanical robustness under repetitive discharge stress.\n\nHigh-Voltage Testing & Quality Control\nEstablish production acceptance testing, including capacitance, dissipation factor (tan δ), DC hipot, partial discharge, and pulse discharge life testing.\n\nBuild quality controls and statistical process tracking to improve yield and identify failure modes as production scales.\n\nMaterials & Supply Chain\nQualify suppliers and establish material standards for dielectric film, metallization, electrodes, impregnants, and capacitor hardware.\n\nEvaluate alternative materials and processes that could improve energy density, reliability, or temperature performance.\n\nContinuous Improvement & Scale-Up\nDrive the transition from pilot production to high-volume manufacturing.\n\nImplement automation across winding, testing, and packaging to improve yield, throughput, and unit cost.\n\nMinimum Qualifications\nB.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Manufacturing/Process Engineering, or a related field.\n\n2+ years of hands-on experience in high-voltage film capacitor manufacturing, including winding, impregnation, encapsulation, and high-voltage testing.\n\nDeep knowledge of polypropylene film dielectrics, metallization processes, and partial discharge physics at high field strengths.\n\nDemonstrated experience with vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI) systems and epoxy/resin process chemistry.\n\nProficiency in high-voltage test methods, including capacitance bridge, tan δ, DC hipot, and partial discharge measurement (IEC 60270).\n\nExperience establishing or managing a manufacturing quality system (ISO 9001 or equivalent) for electrical components.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrior experience at a pulsed-power capacitor manufacturer.\n\nFamiliarity with double-ended low-inductance capacitor architectures designed for pulse-discharge applications.\n\nExperience with automated winding-machine programming and mechanical setup, including mandrel, tension control, and traversing.\n\nKnowledge of capacitor life modeling under repetitive pulse stress, including voltage reversal, peak current, and dI/dt.\n\nFamiliarity with dielectric film casting or metallization processes is a strong plus.\n\nWhat We Value\nGive a shit. Build things you're proud of.\n\nTake responsibility. If something is broken and you can fix it, fix it. See things through.\n\nMove fast. Make decisions, learn quickly, and keep moving forward.\n\nThink bigger. Simplify relentlessly. Don't default to the safe answer.\n\nDisagree and commit. The best idea wins. Once a decision is made, we move.\n\nDesire to win. This is hard. Expect intensity. We are here to win.\n\nPlan B is to make Plan A work.\n\nBenefits\nMedical, dental, and vision coverage.\n\nRelocation assistance for roles that require it.\n\nFlexible time off. Take what you need, no accrual tracking.\n\n2 weeks of paid time off built into the end of each year, subject to team and business needs.\n\nSupportive leave of absence policies.\n\nPaid leave for new parents.\n\nITAR Requirements\nTo conform to U.S. Government technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.\nEqual Opportunity\nFuse is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Fuse is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, ancestry, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5542,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible time off","Relocation assistance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Nuclear Energy"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-13T05:41:29Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":8,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.276,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":74,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":155000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/f-capacitor-manufacturing-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/f-capacitor-manufacturing-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-01T06:16:29Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9775,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":691631},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=691631"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ff-capacitor-manufacturing-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ff-capacitor-manufacturing-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ff-capacitor-manufacturing-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/f-capacitor-manufacturing-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ff-capacitor-manufacturing-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":854651}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"f.energy","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":854651},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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