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Thea Energy · 4 months ago

Summer 2026 Intern

Kearny, NJ

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$18/hr - $25/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

Thea Energy is a company focused on commercializing fusion energy through innovative stellarator technology. They are seeking talented technical interns for their Summer 2026 Internship Program, offering positions in various engineering domains to support prototyping, design, and testing activities related to fusion energy systems.

Clean EnergyEnergyRenewable Energy

No H1B

Responsibilities

Mechanical Engineering Interns will develop and exercise their design, analysis, and hands-on skills to support prototyping and stellarator design activities

Manufacturing Engineering Interns will support process development, fabrication and assembly, equipment design, and testing for Thea Energy’s HTS magnet prototyping programs

Magnet Engineering Interns will support the design, build, testing, and performance analysis of Thea Energy’s custom HTS magnets

Test Engineering Interns will support the development and execution of test equipment, facilities, and operations associated with Thea Energy's custom HTS magnets and magnet-related hardware

Fusion Technology interns will assist scientists and engineers in designing and developing various subsystems for Thea Energy’s stellarator fusion devices

Plasma Physics interns will work with scientists to model magnetically confined high temperature fusion plasmas using sophisticated computational tools

Stellarator Optimization Interns will support computational physicists and plasma physicists in optimizing stellarator magnetic geometry for Thea Energy’s next-generation fusion devices

Qualification

Mechanical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringComputer-Aided Design (CAD)Finite Element Analysis (FEA)PythonC++MATLABSimulinkLabVIEWHands-on experienceProblem-solvingSelf-motivatedTeam collaboration

Required

Enrolled in a STEM undergraduate or graduate program (mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science, electrical engineering, etc.)

Interest in clean and sustainable energy to combat climate change

Hands-on or computational experience through academic research, club projects, hackathons, or industry internships

Highly self-motivated, independent, and driven to solve problems

Authorized to work in the US

Willingness to learn new things!

Company

Thea Energy

Thea Energy is taking a faster approach to commercialize fusion energy.

Founded in 2022

Kearny, New Jersey, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.thea.energy/

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Total Funding

$20M

Key Investors

US Department of EnergyInternational Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence

2025-09-11Grant

2024-11-13Non Equity Assistance

2024-02-08Series A· $20M

Leadership Team

Brian Berzin

Chief Executive Officer

David Gates

Chief Technology Officer

Recent News

The Cool Down

Scientists unveil designs for new facility that could provide limitless energy: 'Will change humanity forever'

2026-01-19

GlobeNewswire

U.S. Department of Energy Certifies Thea Energy’s Fusion Pilot Plant Preconceptual Design

2026-01-15

GlobeNewswire

Thea Energy Completes Fusion Power Plant Preconceptual Design

2025-12-15

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