Pacific Fusion
Nuclear Engineering · Nuclear Energy
24open roles
$207kmedian advertised pay
$900Mlatest round · Venture round · Oct 2024 · 2 yr ago
4backers · DCVC, General Catalyst
Overview
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Pacific Fusion is a clean energy startup specializing in the development of commercial nuclear fusion power. The company is pioneering an advanced pulser-driven inertial fusion approach designed to provide abundant, low-cost, and carbon-free electricity. By combining modular pulsed-power architecture with modern manufacturing techniques, it aims to accelerate the deployment of scalable fusion energy for global power grids.
How Pacific Fusion hires
Truth index
A 92/100
Median time to fill
129 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
13%
Reposted roles
0%
Pacific Fusion scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 24 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 13% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 129 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$900M
1 round on record
Latest round
$900M
Venture round · Oct 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
27
+6 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
DCVC, General Catalyst
The money's age
Due for its next round
24 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
24/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 24, 2025
Partnership Pacific Fusion and General Atomics Team Up to Deliver Breakthroughs in Inertial Fusion Energy · YahooFinance
Oct 25, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $900M
2023
Founded
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Oct 2024 | $900M | — | bloomberg.com |
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$207k
Typical range
$180k – $350k
Open positions
22
21
Jobs
Junior
4.8%
Middle
14.3%
Senior
66.7%
Staff
14.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $180k | $180k |
| Middle | 3 | $207k | $180k – $230k |
| Senior | 14 | $214k | $185k – $266k |
| Staff | 3 | $207k | $190k – $220k |
Highest paying role
OBA Research Scientist/Engineer – Fusion Energy Systems
$350k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Pacific Fusion
By role, level and city, against the market · 22 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$218k
Median offered salary
27
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Mechanical engineers
1
In the register as Pacific Fusion Corporation, Fremont, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
Framatome 
The Nuclear Company 
TAE Technologies
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jul 22, 2025 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
37/100
Slowing
Open positions
27
3 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
129 days
faster than 8% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
59% ▼
Field & Service
12% ▲
Data Science
6% ▲
Enterprise Apps
6% ▲
Operations
6% ▼
Early Careers
6% ▼
Activity Timeline
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Oct 2026
Added .NET to stack
Oct 2026
Added ASME NQA-1 to stack
Oct 2026
Added Abaqus to stack
Oct 2026
Added FMEA to stack
Oct 2026
Added PSCAD to stack
Oct 2026
Added ANSYS to stack
Oct 2026
Added GD&T to stack
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$900M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $900M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Pacific Fusion over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
22
Postings analysed
18
Stack modernity
71/100
Languages
Python44%
MATLAB39%
Go6%
JavaScript6%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js6%
Cloud & platforms
AWS11%
.NET6%
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News
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Lawrence Livermore-Pacific Fusion Collaboration Breaks New Record to Advance America's High-Gain Fusion Capability
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Pacific Fusion Reports Results From Experiments Conducted at Sandia's Z Pulsed Power Facility
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., February 05, 2026--Pacific Fusion today reported results from a series of experiments conducted at Sandia National Laboratories' Z Pulsed Power Facility under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.
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Exclusive: Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work
The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratories and shared the results exclusively with TechCrunch.
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Pacific Fusion Reports Results From Experiments Conducted at Sandia's Z Pulsed Power Facility
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
4
Countries
1
Busiest office
Fremont
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Fremont
United States
HQ
Fremont
8 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 10-50 est. staff $249k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Operations, Science & Research
San Leandro
United States
Plant / site
San Leandro
17 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 18% engineering 50-200 est. staff $218k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Enterprise Apps
Los Lunas
United States
Engineering / R&D
Los Lunas
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $205k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Field & Service
Albuquerque
United States
Regional office
Albuquerque
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $185k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Livermore
United States
Regional office
Livermore