Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy. Backed by General Catalyst and Lightspeed.
About the role
As a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer on the Operations team, you'll be on the shop floor every day — owning the processes, tooling, and workflows that bring our core fusion hardware to life. You'll work alongside a small team of technicians, drive continuous improvement across the build line, and work closely with design engineering to make sure our pulser modules are built right, every time.
What they're looking for
- 3–7 years of manufacturing or process engineering experience in a hands-on production environment
- Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring technicians on a production floor
- Strong understanding of mechanical assembly processes, work instruction development, and production documentation
- Hands-on experience with complex electromechanical assembly — high voltage, pulsed power, precision mechanical, or similarly demanding hardware preferred
- Familiarity with quality management systems, non-conformance processes, and root cause analysis methodologies (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone)
- Ability to read, interpret, and create engineering drawings, schematics, and GD&T
More about this role
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 pulser-driven inertial 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 .
As a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer on the Operations team, you'll be on the shop floor every day — owning the processes, tooling, and workflows that bring our core fusion hardware to life. You'll work alongside a small team of technicians, drive continuous improvement across the build line, and work closely with design engineering to make sure...
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