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title: 'Facilities Architect (f/m/d) at Focused'
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# Facilities Architect (f/m/d) at Focused

- **Company:** Focused
- **Location:** Biblis, DE
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/focused/0792ea9c-7420-4d65-b74c-6ca698451ffd

## Job description

## About Focused Energy

Focused Energy is building the future of clean energy through laser-driven inertial fusion. Backed by our $240M Series A the largest fully secured Series A in the global fusion industry - we are scaling rapidly across multiple geographies.

Based in Germany and the US, we have brought together the top scientific and engineering minds using proven technologies to unlock fusion power at commercial scale. Focused Energy is working to realize game-changing scientific innovation that promises to deliver a clean, sustainable and abundant source of power globally.

## Your Role

Focused Energy is developing its flagship fusion facility at Biblis, Germany and this role sits at the heart of making it happen. As Facility Development Lead, you’ll own the integrated development plan for Focused Energy’s Biblis facility. You’ll translate technical requirements into coordinated facility, utility, planning, and permitting workstreams, aligning engineering teams with RWE/Biblis stakeholders and external design partners. You’ll drive priorities, dependencies, and decisions so the site can progress through development with a clear, realistic plan.

## What You'll Do

- Define the Biblis facility development direction by translating FE’s technical requirements into a phased, executable site, building, and infrastructure plan.
- Lead the RWE and site-owner interface on facility planning, infrastructure constraints, utilities, and long-term site expansion, collaborating closely with the Senior Construction Project Manager, Translate engineering’s needs into facility requirements across lasers, targetry, diagnostics, controls, cleanrooms, electrical systems, safety and operations.
- Drive German design and permitting strategy by identifying required approvals, regulatory constraints, fire protection requirements, and risk assessment.
- Coordinate external architects, planners, consultants and utilities partners, ensuring their output is aligned with FE’s technical roadmap and decision needs.
- Enable senior decision-making by maintaining a clear, current picture of facility options, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and cost/schedule implications, so engineering leadership can act with confidence and without delay.

## Who You Are

Must-haves

- Experience leading or shaping complex facility, industrial building, infrastructure, or technical site development in Germany.
- Working knowledge of German building, planning, permitting, and compliance processes.
- Ability to translate technical engineering needs into facility, layout, infrastructure, and utility requirements.
- Ability to manage external architects, planners, consultants, or engineering service providers.
- Strong stakeholder interface experience with site owners, authorities, landlords, utilities, or senior external partners.
- Professional German and English language capability.

Nice-to-haves

- Experience with energy, nuclear-adjacent, research, cleanroom, laser, laboratory, or high-tech industrial facilities.
- Direct experience with RWE, grid operators, utilities providers, or major German site owners.
- Experience with phased campus or brownfield site development.
- Familiarity with power infrastructure, backup power, grid connection, HVAC, cooling, cleanrooms, or specialist utilities.
- Architectural, civil, building services, industrial engineering, or related professional qualification.
- Experience supporting investment cases, board-level decision papers, or strategic facility roadmaps.

Focused Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Focused Energy will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits.

## About Focused

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Focused Energy is a laser-driven fusion company working to commercialize clean, limitless fusion power using technology proven at the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A / Grant-funded)
- **Headquarters**: Darmstadt, Germany (global HQ) with major offices in San Francisco, CA, USA and Austin, TX, USA
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Thomas Forner (CEO) and Prof. Dr. Markus Roth (CSO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Energy – nuclear fusion power generation
- Target customers: Utility companies, grid operators, governments
- Mission: To unleash the next chapter of economic growth and scientific innovation through the widespread adoption of clean, abundant fusion power.

## Products & Services
- **Laser-Driven Fusion Power Plant**: A commercial-scale fusion reactor designed to produce clean, limitless electricity. Currently in development with construction underway for an Integrated Test Facility and a Fusion Pilot Plant on a multi-stage Fusion Campus in Biblis, Germany.
- **Targetry & Laser Systems**: Proprietary fuel targets and high-power laser subsystems developed at the Darmstadt Targetry & Laser Laboratory (FELD) and the Austin Target Tracking & Engagement Facility.
- **R&D Collaborations**: Partnerships with U.S. national laboratories (LLNL, LLE) through the DOE INFUSE program, and with commercial partners such as Amplitude, ZEISS, and Fusioneering.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$126.3M** (as of mid-2026), including a $50M grant from SPRIND, a $40M corporate round led by Amplitude Laser, an $11M Series A led by Prime Movers Lab, and ~$25M in additional grants from the U.S. DOE and German state governments.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Prime Movers Lab (lead investor), Amplitude Laser, SPRIND (German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation), U.S. Department of Energy, State of Hesse, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 73.6% year-over-year to 84 employees (LinkedIn, mid-2026); selected as one of eight companies for the DOE’s milestone-based fusion development program; new U.S. facility opened in Austin (2026); Fusion Campus in Biblis under construction.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proven Science**: Approach builds directly on the NIF ignition breakthrough (2021); key team members (including CSO Dr. Debbie Callahan) were co-leaders of the NIF ignition campaign.
- **Deep Public Support**: Among the largest single public investments in laser fusion globally (~€70M from German federal and state sources combined).
- **Full-Stack Approach**: Controls targetry, lasers, and reactor design in-house, enabling rapid iteration and integration.
- **World-Class Team**: Over 150 scientists and engineers with deep expertise from major fusion labs, laser companies, and commercial energy startups.

## Strategic Focus
- **Build Fusion Campus**: Construction of a multi-stage facility in Biblis, Germany, housing an Integrated Test Facility, a Fusion Pilot Plant, and a first-of-its-kind commercial fusion power plant.
- **Scale Technology**: Validate engineering for commercial energy production through integrated prototype testing.
- **Expand U.S. Footprint**: Leverage Austin facility for target tracking, engagement systems, and program execution with U.S. partners.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: Directly contribute to solving the world’s energy and climate challenges with a technology that has already achieved scientific ignition.
- **World-Class R&D**: Collaborate with leading scientists from NIF, TU Darmstadt, and U.S. national labs in state-of-the-art laser and targetry labs.
- **Hybrid Options**: Many roles offer hybrid work arrangements; offices in Darmstadt, San Francisco, and Austin.
- **Culture**: Described as “relentless and brilliant” – a startup environment focused on engineering a step-change for civilization.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Rapidly expanding team and facilities; opportunities to shape a nascent industry.

## Sources
1. [Focused Energy Company Page](https://www.focused-energy.co/company)
2. [Focused Energy Careers Page](https://www.focused-energy.co/careers)
3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/focused-energy-inc)
4. [Built In Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/focused-energy-focused-energyco)
5. [Ashby Job Board](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/focused)

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