Storytelling Lead

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 pulser-driven inertial 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.

Why This Role Matters

Fusion is one of the most exciting energy stories of this century, but most people don’t understand it.We hope to change that.

Pacific Fusion is hiring our first in-house Storytelling Lead to help explain what we are building and why it matters. 

This is a foundational role for a senior writer who can find the human thread inside complex technical work and turn it into clear, credible, sticky stories.

You will work directly with Pacific Fusion’s executive team, scientists, engineers and communications team to identify and develop the stories that help people see our progress and understand the very real potential of fusion for a range of applications, ranging from energy to national security. 

This is a senior, hands-on role. You will set the storytelling agenda, build the editorial muscle and write many of the most important pieces yourself. You will also partner closely with video, design and creative teams to adapt written narratives into visual formats that make our work easier to understand and harder to ignore.

What You'll Do

• Develop the editorial vision for how Pacific Fusion explains itself to the world. Decide what stories are worth telling, how they should be shaped across formats, and partner with content marketing for distribution and publication.
• Turn complex technical work into accessible writing without flattening the science or overstating the claims.
• Build a steady pipeline of evergreen and time-sensitive stories about the company’s technology, progress, people, facilities, partnerships and mission.
• Create a repeatable process for sourcing ideas from across the company - interviewing technical experts, shaping narratives, and bringing stories to publication.
• Raise the bar for clarity and credibility in how Pacific Fusion communicates.
• Write long-form and short-form content across company channels, including founder essays, technical explainers, milestone announcements, executive posts, website copy, video scripts, recruiting content, op-eds, speeches and internal narratives.
• Help audiences understand not just what Pacific Fusion is building, but why it is possible, why it matters, and what progress looks like along the way.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in writing, editorial, journalism, content, communications, speechwriting, creative strategy or a related field.
• Exceptional writing and editing ability. You care about sentence-level craft, structure, rhythm, clarity and voice.
• A strong portfolio of work that shows you can make complex ideas understandable and compelling.
• Experience working with senior executives, technical experts, founders or other high-context stakeholders. 
• Strong editorial judgment: you know what is interesting, what is generic and what needs more reporting.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity. You can take messy inputs, incomplete context, and fast-moving priorities and turn them into clear narrative.
• A lack of ego and full expectation that drafts will undergo many rounds of review. 
• High standards for accuracy and credibility. You know when to push for sharper language and when to slow down for technical review.
• A bias toward doing the work. This is not just a strategy role; it is a writing role.
• This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with regular in-person collaboration at Pacific Fusion sites in San Leandro and Fremont. 
• Regular travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Total Compensation & Benefits for Eligible Employees

• 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.