About Pacific Fusion

Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.

We are rapidly designing and building a pulsed magnetic fusion system to achieve net facility gain (more fusion energy output than stored energy input). In parallel, we are developing the key components required to build affordable fusion systems.

Our plans are ambitious. We have raised over $900M so far from incredible investors, resourcing us to deliver on these plans. We are bringing together the best scientists, engineers, and operators from the fusion community, hard tech industry, and other sectors. We are united by a shared sense of urgency to provide clean power for the world, particularly managing climate change while meeting growing global energy demand. You can read more about us in this letter from our founders.

About the Role

Job Overview:

We are seeking a skilled and strategic Transactional Attorney to join our new legal team as the first team member. The attorney will report to our General Counsel and Vice President of Policy.

In this role, you will provide invaluable support on a variety of fronts, with a focus on scaling our transactional capabilities. Work will span from executing (and creating systems to scale our) everyday NDA and procurement contracts, to crafting highly complex and FOAK commercial agreements, joint ventures, government transactions, technology partnerships, and key business agreements with Pacific Fusion’s first customers. As part of this, you will also establish key processes, training, and tools. You’ll also help manage key governance activities, including board meetings and assorted people and workplace matters.

To accomplish this mission, you’ll work closely with our engineering, finance, regulatory, and executive teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in hard tech, energy development, manufacturing, infrastructure, or real estate, and a passion for contributing to a transformative and abundant clean energy future.

Responsibilities:

• Help develop our contracting strategy as we scale our procurement and complex transactional work.

• Quarterback a large portion of day-to-day legal activities, including executing on various contract requests.

• Create a set of developed legal playbooks around our core agreements, such as NDAs, MSAs, CSAs, and IP transactions.

• Create processes and tools to speed up our contract workflows, working closely with procurement leads.

• Oversee external legal resources and manage work/spend.

• Create consistent organization around existing executed contracts, including upgrading our CLM system.

• Create tools to communicate progress on transactional matters across leadership, and deliver process improvements with the larger organization.

• Draft Board resolutions and lead organizational efforts around Board meetings.

• Step in to support efforts around corporate governance and fundraising, and certain employee matters.

• Grow quickly from here to lead key aspects of our Legal organization

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of legal experience (ideally a mix of law firm and in-house)

• Substantial experience leading complex transactions in the deep tech, hard tech, energy development, manufacturing, or infrastructure sectors

• Passion and interest in our company's mission

Preferred but not required:

• Experience with siting and development

• Experience with NDAs and procurement contracts

• Experience working with procurements on the developer side

• Experience in IP matters

• Experience working in a startup

• Experience working in industries with complex regulatory environments

• Experience working closely with PhD scientists and R&D technology organizations

Benefits:

• Industry-competitive salary

• Equity plan

• 6% employer 401k matching

• Generous paid time off (including sick leave, vacation, paid family leave)

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Actual base salary offered will be determined by: experience, skills, and work location. This range is for base salary, our total compensation includes equity and benefits. We welcome you to apply even if your expectations are outside our listed range.

Pacific Fusion is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Pacific Fusion is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures and throughout employment. If you need assistance or any accommodation, please let us know.

Pacific Fusion does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies without a fully executed recruitment agreement in place. In the absence of such agreement, Pacific Fusion reserves the right to pursue and hire any candidates without an obligation to pay fees. Agencies are requested not to contact Pacific Fusion hiring managers or employees regarding recruiting services.