Senior Controls Infrastructure Engineer
Pacific Fusion
- San Leandro, California, United States
- $138,100 - $207,100 a year
- Posted Jul 29, 2026
Job description
About the role
The Senior Controls Infrastructure Engineer will design, deploy, and operate the network, storage and compute infrastructure that supports the facility’s 24/7 operations in a regulated environment, ensuring security, segmentation and reliability while collaborating with scientific, facility and IT stakeholders.
About the company
Pacific Fusion, founded in 2023, aims to power the world with abundant, affordable clean energy by developing a pulser‑driven inertial fusion system and the components needed for affordable fusion. The company has raised over $900M, brings together top scientists, engineers and operators, and is focused on delivering clean power to combat climate change and meet growing global energy demand.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in network or infrastructure engineering with direct ownership of production network architecture at facility or campus scale, including routing, switching, firewalls, and segmentation
- Experience supporting 24/7 operational environments with defined availability targets, including cloud networking and hybrid connectivity
- Ability to lead projects end‑to‑end: requirements, design, deployment, verification, and documentation
- Experience in research, energy, or other high‑consequence environments, lab or scientific equipment networks (instrument connectivity, OT/IoT segmentation)
- Exposure to NIST SP 800‑171 or CMMC
- Professional‑level certifications such as Security+, CCNP or equivalent
- Experience with infrastructure automation (IaC, configuration management)