Type One Energy
Nuclear Engineering · Nuclear Energy
28open roles
$60kmedian advertised pay
$200Mlatest round · Venture round · Oct 2026 · 1 mo ago
3backers · Breakthrough Victoria, GD1
Overview
Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Type One Energy is a nuclear fusion technology company specializing in the development of advanced stellarator fusion power systems. The organization combines high-temperature superconducting magnets, exascale supercomputing, and artificial intelligence to design scalable and commercially viable clean energy plants. Partnering with global energy producers and utilities, it aims to accelerate the deployment of safe, sustainable fusion power onto the commercial electrical grid.
How Type One Energy hires
Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
75 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Type One Energy scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 75 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
$200M
1 round on record
Latest round
$200M
Venture round · Oct 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
34
+16 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Breakthrough Victoria, GD1
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
64/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 6
Raised a round Venture round $200M · TechCrunch
Jun 16
Board appointment Type One Energy Appoints Bernard Looney to Board of Directors · typeoneenergy.com
2019
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 2 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Oct 2026 | $200M | — | TechCrunch |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Breakthrough Victoria 
GD1 
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$60k
Typical range
$60k – $70k
Open positions
11
11
Jobs
Intern
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 11 | $60k | $60k – $70k |
Highest paying role
Summer Internship - Materials Scientist
$70k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Type One Energy
By role, level and city, against the market · 11 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
5 ▲ 150%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$128k
Median offered salary
34
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Mechanical engineers
5
In the register as Type One Energy Group Inc., Knoxville, TN
Other sponsors in the same field
Framatome 3 filings
The Nuclear Company 3 filings
TAE Technologies 3 filings
Westinghouse Electric Company 2 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 9, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
64/100
Growing
Open positions
34
15 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
86 days
faster than 14% 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
36% ▼
Early Careers
11% ▲
Operations
7% ▲
Science & Research
7% ▲
Field & Service
7% ▼
Energy
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Woburn
Nov 2026
New location: Vancouver
Nov 2026
+11 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added Outlook to stack
Oct 2026
Added Linux to stack
Oct 2026
Added SharePoint to stack
Oct 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack
Oct 2026
Added GD&T to stack
Oct 2026
Added CAPA to stack
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$200M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | $200M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Type One Energy over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
27
Postings analysed
24
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python33%
MATLAB29%
C++4%
Cloud & platforms
GitHub4%
Linux4%
Power BI4%
AWS4%
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News
Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034
Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.
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Electricity is Emerging as the Next Constraint on America's AI Race
The speed of AI development is increasingly colliding with the slower timetable of the energy system.
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The State of Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority and United Kingdom Expand Collaboration on Commercial Fusion Energy Deployment
REPRINTED FROM TVA September 14, 2026 - Nashville, Tennessee; London, United Kingdom - The State of Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the United Kingdom today announced a strengthened partnership to accelerate the commercial deployment
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Tennessee Announces First License for Commercial Fusion
REPRINTED FROM TDEC TDEC issues Type One Energy first-of-its-kind license to operate nuclear fusion machines at Bull Run Site Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joins fusion energy partners to present the nation's first-ever license specifically for a commercial fus
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Nuclear fusion: new US-China race for limitless power
Fusion could transform global energy. The U.S. and China are competing to bring it to market.
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Investing in the Future of Fusion Research at Bull Run
Commercial fusion energy requires more than innovative designs-it requires world-class testing facilities, strong public-private partnerships, and a commitment to advancing the science and engineering capabilities that benefit the entire industry. At Type
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ORNL, Type One Energy to advance fusion fuel cycle with innovative new technologies
REPRINTED FROM ORNL The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed a suite of cryogenic pellet fueling technologies to Type One Energy, advancing a critical capability for high-performance fusion plasma operations. The agreement, si
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Barclays supports the development of commercial fusion power in the UK
London - Barclays today announces it is supporting the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium, a private sector-led collaboration established to advance the development of a commercial fusion power plant project in the UK. Barclays provides the global fusion marke
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Knoxville
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Knoxville
United States
HQ
33 open roles 31 posted in 90 days 21% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $63k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Operations, Science & Research
Madison
United States
Plant / site
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff $60k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Science & Research, Industrial Engineering
Earlier presence
Vancouver, Canada