# Member of Technical Staff - Plasma Physics at Maritime Fusion

- Company: Maritime Fusion (YC W25)
- What the company does: Fusion reactors for ships. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://maritimefusion.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $120K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-04-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/maritime-fusion/jobs/sX8ipt6-member-of-technical-staff-plasma-physics
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/maritime-fusion-member-of-technical-staff-plasma-physics/

## About the role

We’re looking for a Plasma Physicist who’s not just into theory—but wants to design, simulate, and help build marine deployable tokamaks. You’ll spend your time running transport and system codes, exploring divertor concepts and operational scenarios, and conducting system level tradeoff studies.

## What they're looking for

- Ph.D/M.S. in Plasma Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Applied Physics, or similar (or equivalent experience)
- Strong coding and engineering fundamentals
- Willingness to do the dirty work involved with early stage startups, assemble the office furniture, setup software licenses, form strong external industry relationships

Tags: Science