Senior Manufacturing Engineer
About the 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 our pulser modules are built right, every time. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role at the center of Pacific Fusion's production operations. If you thrive in a fast-moving environment where the hardware is unlike anything built before, this is your seat.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end manufacturing processes for pulser module assembly, from work instruction development through build completion and acceptance
- Work alongside the technicians to provide fast solutions that can be quickly executed to keep the build progressing
- Support documentation handoff to the production team for the build processes as well as issues and their respective resolutions
- Manage build schedule using Microsoft Project to communicate within the company