Pacific Fusion is hiring a
PhD Intern

Summary

Join Pacific Fusion as a research intern to contribute to commercial fusion energy development, working with the Experiments team on diagnostics for our high-gain fusion facility.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a PhD program in Physics, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in physics measurement methodologies including nuclear, x-ray, and optical diagnostics
• Experience using high-level programming languages such as python to perform numerical modeling or data analysis
• Able to work independently with limited guidance and proactively seek out the resources needed to complete the project
• Able to clearly communicate verbally and in writing

Responsibilities

• Complete a research project under the supervision of a Pacific Fusion mentor
• Contribute to the design of nuclear, x-ray, or optical diagnostics for our high-gain fusion facility
• Advance our computational tools, including Monte Carlo modeling and synthetic data generation
• Develop laboratory capabilities for test and calibration of key diagnostic components
• Participate in external experiments at MA-scale university pulsed power facilities
• Participate in team meetings
• Communicate the results of your work through oral presentations and written reports