Zap Energy
Nuclear Energy · Energy & Utilities
$319Mtotal raised · 4 rounds on record
13open roles
$200kmedian advertised pay
$130Mlatest round · Series D · Jul 2024 · 2 yr ago
Overview
Zap Energy is an integrated nuclear energy company building fission, fusion, and intersectional technologies to deliver on-demand, carbon-free power at scale.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 13 open roles at Zap Energy. Zap Energy is headquartered in Everett, United States. It was founded in 2017. It has raised $319M in 4 funding rounds. The latest round is Series D of $130M, announced in 2024. The median pay stated in its open roles is $200k, across 13 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 13Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Everett, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2017Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 500+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $319MSum of 4 equity rounds Alion knows
- Latest round
- Series D · $130M · Jul 15, 2024SEC Form D filing · sec.gov
- Median advertised pay
- $200kPay stated in 13 open postings
- Visa sponsorship, United States
- 2 · H-1B filings in 12 monthsUS Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 29, 2026
- Technologies in its job postings
- 11Named in its job postings
Official records
How Zap Energy hires
Truth index
A 86/100
Median time to fill
105 days
Ghost roles
15%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Zap Energy scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 13 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 15% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 105 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
$319M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$130M
Series D · Jul 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
145
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
13
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Energy Impact Partners, Lowercarbon Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
27 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
9/100
hiring for its size
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
Jul 15, 2024
Raised a round Series D $130M · SEC Form D
May 24, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $162.6M · SEC Form D
Apr 20, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $25.2M · SEC Form D
Aug 28, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $1.1M · SEC Form D
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 12 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | Jul 2024 | $130M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2022 | $162.6M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2021 | $25.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Aug 2019 | $1.1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | ZAP ENERGY, INC. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Brian NelsonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Uri ShumlakDirectorSEC Form D
Benjamin ConwayExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Jobs
$130k – $190k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$150k – $210k per year · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$95k – $130k per year · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$240k – $310k per year · In office · Full-Time · 15+ years exp · Everett
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$140k – $210k per year · In office · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$275k – $375k per year · In office · Full-Time · 15+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$120k – $190k per year · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$150k – $210k per year · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$140k – $200k per year · In office · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$140k – $200k per year · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · PhD · Everett
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$130k – $160k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · PhD · Everett
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$200k
Typical range
$70k – $375k
Open positions
13
13
Jobs
Junior
7.7%
Middle
15.4%
Senior
23.1%
Staff
30.8%
Principal
7.7%
Architect
15.4%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $190k | $190k |
| Middle | 2 | $100k | $70k – $130k |
| Senior | 3 | $200k | $190k – $200k |
| Staff | 4 | $210k | $200k – $210k |
| Principal | 1 | $160k | $160k |
| Architect | 2 | $343k | $310k – $375k |
Highest paying role
SVP Growth & Partnerships
$375k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Zap Energy
By role, level and city, against the market · 13 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
2
H-1B filings in 12 months
$203k
Median offered salary
13
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Mechanical engineers
2
In the register as Zap Energy, Inc., Everett, WA
Other sponsors in the same field
Ampera 1 filings
AtkinsRéalis 51 filings
GE Vernova 44 filings
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 28 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 29, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
52/100
Stable
Open positions
13
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
98 days
faster than 11% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
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
67% ▲
Administrative
33% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added AWS to stack
Nov 2026
Added NRC Licensing to stack
Oct 2026
Added GMP to stack
Oct 2026
Added GD&T to stack
Oct 2026
Added Verification & Validation to stack
Oct 2026
Added ASME NQA-1 to stack
Oct 2026
Added ANSYS to stack
Oct 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added KiCad to stack
Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack
Sep 2026
Added Outlook to stack
Sep 2026
Added MATLAB to stack
Sep 2026
People
Brian Nelson
Executive Officer, Director
Uri Shumlak
Director
Benjamin Conway
Executive Officer, Director
Wayne Laufer
Director
Aaron Schildkrout
Director
Jasmin Staiblin
Director
Frank Chapman
Director
Clay Dumas
Director
Udayan Das Roy
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Zap Energy over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
11
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
62/100
Languages
Python73%
MATLAB9%
Cloud & platforms
AWS9%
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Connections
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Shared investors
Lowercarbon CapitalVia a fund
Energy Impact PartnersVia a fund
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News
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Star power
UW researchers are leading the development of nuclear fusion, harnessing the power of a manufactured miniature sun to meet the exploding demand for sustainable energy.
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Energy may seem to disappear, but there's a law against that
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Zap Energy ramps up the pressure in its latest fusion device
Zap Energy's Fuze-3 device has generated record plasma pressures for the startup's unique approach to fusion power.
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Zap Energy exceeds Mariana Trench-level pressures in pursuit of limitless clean power
Zap Energy has generated pressure that's 10 times stronger than the bottom of the Mariana Trench, a new milestone in its race for fusion power.
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Inside the colossal quest for limitless energy from nuclear fusion
The race is on to harness the near-infinite power of nuclear fusion-by building a star on Earth. And scientists are closer than you might think.
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Inside Zap: Fusion pioneer tries to build 'a star in a jar' to unlock abundant clean energy
Zap Energy is trying to replicate on Earth the reactions that power the sun and the stars in pursuit of clean, nearly limitless electricity.
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Zap Energy: $130 Million (Series D) Raised To Build A Scalable Fusion Energy Platform
Zap Energy announced it has started operations of Century, its new high-rep-rate, liquid-metal-cooled fusion test platform, and closed$130 millionof fresh capital, marking significant steps toward a commercial fusion power plant. And Century is the first
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Everett
Everett
United States
HQ
14 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 21% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $205k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Science & Research, QA
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