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CAD Design Manager

Type One Energy 🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Hybrid $100,000 - $150,000 Full-time Senior

Leads a team of design professionals to deliver precise CAD models and documentation for advanced fusion energy systems. Accountable for resource planning, performance management, and optimizing design workflows across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

  • Resource & Capacity Planning: Partner with leadership to plan and manage team capacity, including staffing levels, availability, and workload balancing
  • Performance Management: Own end-to-end performance management processes for the CAD design team
  • Career Development: Develop and execute career growth plans for team members
  • Technical Mentoring: Encourage knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the team
  • Process Improvements: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement process improvements

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Design, or a related technical field
  • 10+ years of CAD design experience, including leadership or supervisory experience
  • Strong leadership and people management skills
  • Expertise in CAD tools (Siemens NX highly desirable)
  • Excellent resource planning and organizational abilities
  • Effective communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

  • Hybrid work policy
  • Stock options
  • Relocation allowance
  • Insurance plans
  • Retirement options

Key Skills

CAD Design Leadership People Management Resource Planning Organizational Abilities Communication Stakeholder Management Siemens NX CAD Tools Technical Expertise Process Improvement Cross-functional Collaboration

About Type One Energy

Type One Energy is a company that applies proven advanced manufacturing methods, modern computational physics, and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system.

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