Founded in 2019, Marvel Fusion is Europe’s leading fusion energy company, uniting 75 scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs across our locations in Munich and Colorado.
Backed by over €385 million in public and private funding, we’re driven by a shared mission: to deliver clean, abundant energy to the world.
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We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead the on-site technical coordination for the installation, integration, and commissioning of PW-class laser systems and supporting infrastructure at the ATLAS facility in Fort Collins, Colorado.
This role sits at the interface between our engineering and project teams in Germany and the growing technical team in Colorado. The position is focused on technical steering, coordination, and execution oversight, ensuring that project milestones are achieved and that cross-site collaboration is efficient and aligned with the overall technical roadmap.
It is a process and integration management role ensuring that complex technical activities across mechanical, laser, controls, and facility engineering are aligned and progressing according to plan.
Reporting to the Executive Vice President of Marvel Fusion Inc. (USA), the position will interface with the engineering and project teams in both, Fort Collins and Munich, with strong coordination skills across functions. Given the international, multi-disciplinary nature of the project, the ability to work across organizational boundaries and time zones, align stakeholders with differing priorities, and build trust across teams is as important as technical and project management competence.
Technical Project Leadership
Lead integrated execution plan for the ATLAS facility, driving installation, integration, and commissioning of PW-class laser systems, beam transport, control systems, and other supporting infrastructure from day one through facility readiness.
Develop and maintain integrated project plans including timelines, milestones, resource planning, and deliverables.
Ensure alignment between engineering development activities in Germany and on-site implementation in Colorado, ensuring design intent is accurately translated into physical implementation.
Identify, track, and actively resolve integration priorities across mechanical, laser, electrical, controls, and facility subsystems, maintaining the holistic view of system dependencies and integration risks that spans all engineering teams.
Cross-Site Coordination
Act as the primary technical interface between the technical teams in Munich and Fort Collins and ensure structured, timely information flow
Own coordination of technical requirements, interfaces, and integration points between subsystems, maintaining documented records of decisions, open items, and resolutions.
Installation and Commissioning Oversight
Lead preparation and execution of installation activities for high-power laser infrastructure including on-site readiness, sequencing, and commissioning across all subsystems, ensuring technical consistency between design specifications and on-site implementation as the ATLAS facility moves toward operational status
Identify technical gaps and drive resolution across engineering teams
Procurement and Vendor Coordination
Coordinate procurement for the laser systems and on-site infrastructure, working closely with the Company’s procurement department to align on technical specifications, supplier relationships, and delivery schedules for laser components, optical systems, mechanical structures, and control hardware
Communication
Own project reporting and stakeholder communication across all levels and geographies through proactive, structured communication on project progress, decisions, and open items
Hold the primary interface role across the ATLAS facility, spanning on-site teams, Munich, and external partners
Marvel Fusion is building one of the most advanced laser facilities in the world, with its engineering team in Munich and its on-site team in Fort Collins working toward a shared commissioning goal. You will be the connective tissue that keeps both sides tightly aligned and moving forward together. In this role, you own the integrated picture: coordinating complex subsystems, bridging two continents, and ensuring that the ATLAS facility comes online on time and exactly as designed.
The pay range for this position is: $150,000 to 244,186 per year.
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Marvel Fusion. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Marvel Fusion also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Candidates may be considered for other positions at Marvel Fusion, and our actual base salary will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. The range is published in accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.
Marvel Fusion is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Marvel Fusion hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Marvel Fusion will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.