Job Description
The Scientific Software team at CFS develops software that helps us understand and build superconducting magnets and tokamaks. The primary project for this role will be developing software for a fiber optic quench detection system. A quench is an event where a superconducting magnet goes into thermal runaway, and SPARC will incorporate a system using fiber optic cables to detect and mitigate these events. They seek an experienced software engineer to help develop an algorithm for detecting quenches based on the data received by the fiber optic system. One of the tools used to develop the algorithm is a fiber model written in Python that simulates the expected signals during a quench and nominal operations. The engineer will also help increase the accuracy and performance of the simulation. The development of the fiber model and the quench detection algorithm are informed by experiments, ranging from bench top tests to full sized magnets. The engineer will be responsible for analyzing experimental data from these tests to validate the fiber model and test and develop the quench detection algorithm.
About Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy by designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants.