About Pacific Fusion 

Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.

We are rapidly designing and building a pulsed magnetic fusion system to achieve net facility gain (more fusion energy output than stored energy input). In parallel, we are developing the key components required to build affordable fusion systems.

Our plans are ambitious. We have raised over $900M so far from incredible investors, resourcing us to deliver on these plans. We are bringing together the best scientists, engineers, and operators from the fusion community, hard tech industry, and other sectors. We are united by a shared sense of urgency to provide clean power for the world, particularly managing climate change while meeting growing global energy demand. You can read more about us in this letter from our founders. 

About the Role

Job Overview:

As our first Assembly Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring that all of our designs will translate into a smooth assembly of Pacific Fusion’s demonstration system.  This demonstration system will achieve net facility gain, and will have its own site, facilities, and infrastructure.  You will work closely with R&D engineers to understand the assembly and integration requirements of the overall system, and use your expertise building, maintaining, and operating industrial equipment to inform the design.

Responsibilities:

• Own responsibility for the assembly of the fusion demonstration system

• Ensure that the design of components and systems allows for: assembly, installation, removal, and maintenance

• Participate in design reviews by the R&D team to ensure products are designed with ease of assembly in mind (DFA)

• Take into consideration all of the tooling and facility requirements in order to assemble the demonstration system

• Understand and document the thousands of components, sub-systems, and systems required to construct the fusion system in order to create a detailed assembly pla

Qualifications:

• Experience assembling, maintaining, and operating large industrial equipment

• Familiarity with: large steel structures, heavy machinery, process equipment such as vacuums, pumps, blowers and heat exchangers

• Reading CAD drawings of components and systems to understand their assembly and maintenance requirements

• Experience working in industries such as: power generation, chemical refineries, aerospace, oil and gas, etc. 

Preferred but not required:

• Experience assembling first-of-a-kind systems

• Experience working in a startup 

• Experience commissioning and maintaining industrial equipment

Benefits:

• Industry-competitive salary

• Equity plan

• 6% employer 401k matching

• Generous paid time off (including sick leave, vacation, paid family leave)

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Actual base salary offered will be determined by: experience, skills, and work location. This range is for base salary, our total compensation includes equity and benefits. We welcome you to apply even if your expectations are outside our listed range. 

Pacific Fusion is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Pacific Fusion is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures and throughout employment. If you need assistance or any accommodation, please let us know. 

Pacific Fusion does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies without a fully executed recruitment agreement in place. In the absence of such agreement, Pacific Fusion reserves the right to pursue and hire any candidates without an obligation to pay fees. Agencies are requested not to contact Pacific Fusion hiring managers or employees regarding recruiting services.