About Daedal Systems
Daedal Systems is a plasma diagnostic company for the fusion energy industry. Today, every fusion company needs the same R&D plasma diagnostics, but each company builds them themselves in-house, despite them not being core IP. Daedal Systems is building a platform for industrialized plasma diagnostics, which will enable us to deploy suites of plasma diagnostics on fusion devices across the industry. Ultimately, we will provide the operating infrastructure for every fusion power plant.
We are seeking talented individuals spanning plasma diagnosticians, engineers and operators to join us in this mission to accelerate fusion energy with industrialized plasma diagnostics. We are building the measurement infrastructure layer upon which fusion will be realized.
The Role
Daedal Systems is looking for a Vice President of Technology and Product to own the engineering and product development of our industrialized plasma diagnostic platform. You will be the senior technical authority responsible for taking plasma diagnostic systems from low-TRL, bench-top systems to industrialized, deployable products that work across multiple client fusion architectures. You will own all engineering verticals supporting this platform, including mechanical, electrical, optical, controls/firmware, and software/data acquisition, as well as the product roadmap and quality/reliability standards that make these systems deployable at scale. This role will work closely with the Vice President of Science, who is responsible for the scientific accuracy and validation of the measurements themselves.
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, physics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Essential Requirements
- Demonstrable track record of engineering leadership, including taking hardware systems from early-stage R&D/prototype through to deployed, production-grade products
-
Direct experience with complex scientific or precision instrumentation, ideally in fusion, aerospace, semiconductor equipment, or an adjacent hard-tech sector
-
Cross-disciplinary engineering leadership spanning at least several of: mechanical, electrical, optical, controls/firmware, and software/DAQ, with systems-level integration experience tying them together
-
A strong record of industrializing or productizing complex, one-off R&D hardware into repeatable, manufacturable, and scalable systems, not solely design or prototyping experience
-
Ability to set technical and product strategy with minimal organizational support, and to make high-stakes engineering calls independently
-
Comfortable operating as a senior technical voice across multiple engineering disciplines simultaneously
-
Based in Toronto or willing to relocate. Relocation support will be provided.
-
Comfortable with travel to support client systems and partnerships around the globe, up to 15% of time, occasionally for 2+ weeks in a row.
-
Ability to interact with customers to gather, capture and prioritize product requirements to create a product strategy and product roadmap as well as communicate such to customers. Familiarity with associated feature/requirements tools such as JIRA is an asset.
Desirable
- Experience building or scaling an engineering or product function at a startup or early-stage technical organization
-
Experience with manufacturing or industrialization of scientific or precision instrumentation at scale
-
Familiarity with fusion-specific engineering constraints (vacuum systems, high EMI environments)
-
A track record of patents or other IP generation in hardware/instrumentation engineering
What You Can Expect
You will join as one of Daedal's most senior technical hires and have the opportunity to define the engineering and product direction of the measurement infrastructure that will be applied across the fusion industry. The role carries significant autonomy and seniority: you will own architecture decisions determining how diagnostics get industrialized and deployed across multiple client device types, mentor and guide engineering leads across each technical vertical, and represent Daedal's engineering credibility externally with clients and partners. As one of the company's earliest senior hires, you will play a defining role in shaping Daedal's overall technical direction and culture as it scales.
What We Offer
- Compensation range shown is indicative; final salary and total compensation will be tailored to the candidate's experience and fit.
-
Significant equity ownership in an early start-up
-
Immigration and relocation support
-
Opportunity to lead a key business unit and shape the company's technical direction, including building and growing your own engineering team
-
Health benefits
Daedal Systems is committed to an accessible and inclusive recruitment process. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, assessment and selection process. Please let us know if you require accommodation, and we will work with you to meet your needs.
