Group Leader Liquid Metal Engineering

We are looking for a Group leader of Liquid Metal (LM) Engineering to take part in the technical activities and oversee a team dedicated to thinking, designing and building LM systems, comprising a mechanical engineer, a control engineer, and a thermohydraulic engineer. The key to success lies in seamless integration with both the Experimental and the Numerical Liquid Metal Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics teams. Your main responsibilities will be: Mechanical Design: Lead and actively contribute to the design and modelling of new mechanical parts, equipment, or machines, considering defined technical and financial constraints. Oversee the creation of detailed CAD models, collaborating closely with the team to integrate input and output data for each project. Control Systems Management: Supervise and possibly contribute to the development and implementation of control feedback loops to stabilize liquid metal flows using electromagnetic forces. Coordinate testing, analysis, and fine-tuning of control systems, selecting suitable sensors, actuators, and data acquisition systems. Thermohydraulic Engineering: Manage research, design, and integration of thermohydraulic systems for our liquid metal loops and future magnetic confinement fusion reactor. Coordinate experimental and numerical analysis activities to propose thermohydraulic concepts, model conjugate heat transfer in liquid metal loops, and validate the performance of the selected solutions. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Modeling: Multiphysics numerical simulations of supplied CAD models, covering areas such as structural mechanics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), heat transfer, etc. Ensure the update and maintenance of simulation results Team management: Be the ambassador of Renaissance Fusion's vision within his/her team, and promote its culture, values (speed, simplicity, fantastic realism, constructive interference and unified force) and policies. Encourage collaboration at all levels of the organization. Ensure that his/her team is motivated to achieve its objectives. Take an active role in talent development. Comply with and enforce the highest Health, Environment and Safety standards within her/his team. Scientific outcome Coordinate the writing, review and approval of patents and scientific papers. Prepare scientific reports (presentations, posters, etc.) and represent Renaissance Fusion to scientific conferences and workshops. Remain on the lookout for any scientific developments in his/her field of expertise. You are the ideal profile if: Education and professional experience PhD or Master’s degree + equivalent experience in mechanical engineering or related field 8+ years of experience in machine design and/or FEM simulations of complex systems and in manufacturing Experience as a technical leader/coordinator and/or project management Language requirements Fluent in English (C1/C2) Knowledge (B1 or higher) of French is a plus Technical competencies Mastering CAD design software such as Inventor, SolidWorks or similar Experience with ANSYS, COMSOL Multiphysics or other finite element software, with a good understanding of the mathematical background of such tool Knowledge of numerical modelling of scientific or industrial relevance Coding in Python, Matlab or other programming language is a plus At Renaissance Fusion, we value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants equally for employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of origin; gender; morals, sexual orientation; sexual identity; age; marital status; pregnancy; genetic characteristics; actual or assumed membership or non-membership of an ethnic group, nation or race; political opinions; trade union or mutualist activities; religious beliefs; physical appearance; family name; place of residence; state of health; disability. #J-18808-Ljbffr