Staff Physicist

About the role

Laurelin is building a pulsed field-reversed-configuration machine with direct electromagnetic recovery. The reactor architecture, the gates, and the build program are authored by the founder. The staff physicist supports that leadership and checks it: independently reworking the derivations, reproducing the analysis, and confirming that every published claim survives a second pair of expert eyes. The work spans the program's core physics: magnetohydrodynamic stability, turbulence, and the pulsed-power systems that drive the machine. You would sit with the team in San Francisco, assisting the founder and executive team on the physics they direct.

What you would own

• Independently verify the program's models and derivations before they enter a brief or the published record.
• Reproduce shot-data analysis from the raw traces and flag any divergence from the reported result.
• Assist the founder and executive team with the physics groundwork behind reviews and technical decisions.

What we are looking for

• BA or BS in physics or applied physics from a leading program; a PhD is preferred.
• Research or working experience in MHD, gyrokinetic turbulence, and pulsed-power systems.
• The ability to explain a hard result to a non-specialist without losing the physics.

Especially useful

• Hands-on time on a pulsed-power or magnetic-confinement experiment.
• A publication record you would put in front of a skeptical reviewer.