Lead Process Engineer

STEP
📍 Retford, England, United Kingdom 💼 full-time 🕒 Posted June 05, 2026

Job Description

Job Description

In this role you will be a core member of the Power & Cooling Integrated Project Team, directly reporting to the Head of Engineering – Power & Cooling.

The role will be primarily supporting the design efforts of the STEP Prototype Powerplant (SPP) by providing core expertise and capability of the systems interfacing with the tokamak.

You will lead and own the design, as the Lead Process Engineer, for the key process systems, these are:

  • The Tokamak primary cooling system, which will circulate coolants that will extract heat from the tokamak
  • The power cycle system, which will convert the heat extracted from the tokamak into electrical power
  • The heat rejection system, which will reject heat from the power cycle and the wider SPP, to the environment

Working with the Advanced cycles lead, you will own any relevant and required technology development programmes seeking to develop the design confidence of t...

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Job Details

  • Location Retford, England
  • Job Type full-time
  • Category Engineers
  • Posted Date June 05, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 15, 2026