Inertia

Future Opportunities at Inertia (Livermore, CA)

Inertia· Livermore, CA·

Role details

Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

Overview

At Inertia, we're on a mission to make fusion energy a reality. We're building the technologies and systems needed to bring inertial fusion energy from scientific achievement to commercial power generation. Our work brings together some of the brightest minds across science, engineering, technology, and business to tackle one of the world's most ambitious challenges: delivering abundant, reliable, clean energy. We're a team of builders, problem-solvers, and innovators who thrive on complex challenges, move quickly, and believe that meaningful progress comes from working together.

Don't See the Right Role? We'd Still Love to Hear From You. We're growing, and we're always interested in connecting with talented people who are excited about what we're building. If you don't see a current opening that aligns with your background, experience, or interests, we encourage you to submit your resume here for future consideration. As Inertia continues to grow, new opportunities will emerge across a variety of disciplines, experience levels, and functions. Whether you're an experienced industry leader, a technical specialist, or someone earlier in your career looking to make an impact, we'd love to learn more about you.

What Happens After You Apply? By submitting your resume through this posting, you'll be joining our talent community for consideration as future opportunities become available. Our Talent team will review submissions and may reach out if a position opens that aligns with your experience and interests. Join our talent community and help us shape what's next.

Why work at Inertia

  • Mission-driven culture: "Building big" to solve climate change with limitless clean energy. The team emphasizes engineering over scientific risk, using known physics to commercialize rapidly.
  • Early-stage impact: Small team (~23 employees) means each hire can have outsized influence across laser physics, target manufacturing, plant design, and business operations.
  • Work environment: On-site in Livermore, CA (facilities for laser and target prototyping). Roles span mechanical engineering, controls, laser science, manufacturing, and content/storytelling.
  • Notable perks/benefits: Not explicitly detailed, but the company offers competitive compensation in a high-growth, venture-backed startup. Open positions include senior engineers, scientists, and a Head of Content & Storytelling inertia.com.
  • Leadership: Founded by proven entrepreneurs (Jeff Lawson, former Twilio CEO) and world-class fusion scientists (Mike Dunne led the US government fusion power plant program; Annie Kritcher designed the first net-positive ignition experiment).

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