Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)

Fusion Machine Developer

https://www.cfs.energy/ External Link

Founding Year

2017

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Company Founders

Martin Greenwald

Bob Mumgaard

Zach Hartwig

Dan Brunner

Brandon Sorbom

Dennis Whyte

Leadership

Bob Mumgaard, CEO

Brandon Sorbom, Chief Scientific Officer

Description

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is developing fusion energy systems which utilize high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets. CFS is currently building SPARC, a tokamak with the stated goal of achieving scientific breakeven. After SPARC, CFS plans to develop and build ARC, an electricity producing fusion pilot plant.

Job Listings

Job titleLocation
Principal Environmental Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Director of Environment, Health, and Safety External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Cybersecurity Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Network and Infrastructure Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Director of Information Technology External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Fiber Optic Specialist External LinkSomerville, Massachusetts, United States
Fiber Optic Specialist - Second Shift External LinkSomerville, Massachusetts, United States
Lab Technician Supervisor External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Lead Production Technician - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Manufacturing Engineer - NPI - Weekend Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Production Director External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Production Technician - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Production Technician - Third Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Production Technician Supervisor - Third Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Robotic Welding Operator - Weekend - First Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Robotic Welding Operator - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Robotic Welding Operator - Weekend - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Welder - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Welder - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Welder - Third Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Welder - Weekend - First Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Welder - Weekend - First Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Welder - Weekend - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Eddy Current Technician Level II - Weekend - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
NDT II Technician - Weekend, First Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Inventory Coordinator External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Inventory Lead - Second Shift External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Director of Systems Engineering External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Grant Administrator External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Accountant External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Financial Analyst External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Molten Salt Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Process Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Salt Operations Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Materials Engineer - Platings and Coatings External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Materials Program Manager External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Materials Test Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D HTS Test Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Full-Stack Software Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Scientific Software Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Lead R&D Technician External LinkSomerville, Massachusetts, United States
Manager, R&D Test Engineering External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Principal R&D Instrumentation and Control Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D Fluids Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D Instrumentation and Control Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D Production Test Operator External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D Technical Program Manager External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D Test Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D Test Engineer - Operations External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
R&D Test Engineer - Power Systems External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Radiation Optics Engineer External LinkSomerville, Massachusetts, United States
Electrical Commissioning Field Lead External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Electrical Commissioning Test Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
RF Systems Manager External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Electrical Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Electrical Engineer - Power Supply Design External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Instrument and Control Valve Commissioning Technician External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Associate Vacuum Systems Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Field Engineer - Cryogenics External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Manager, Fusion Gas Facility Operations External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Fueling Systems External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Technical Project Manager External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Manufacturing Process Manager - Pre-Assembly External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Manufacturing Process Senior Manager - Assembly External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Metrology Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Assembly External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Mechanical Engineering Manager - TF External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Real Time Controls Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Scientist – Wall Conditioning External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Diagnostic Build Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Diagnostic Mechanical Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Instrumentation Test Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Plasma Facing Components External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Senior RF Antenna Engineer External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Controls Software Engineer External LinkMilpitas, California, United States
Realtime Software Engineer External LinkMilpitas, California, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer External LinkMilpitas, California, United States
Co-op - Cryogenics Analysis Engineer - 2025 External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Co-op - Cryogenics Cryoplant Engineer - 2025 External LinkDevens, Massachusetts, United States

Funding received (investment)

Funding received (nondilutive)

DateAmountFunder(s)Description
September 27, 2024$2,500,000CHADWICK: Co-Optimization of an Integral, Layered Materials Solution for Compact Tokamak Vessels External Link
August 08, 2024INFUSE: SOLPS-derived separatrix operating space scalings for informing power exhaust scenarios External Link
August 08, 2024INFUSE: Elemental Analysis of Fluoride Molten Salt Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) External Link
July 25, 2023INFUSE: Electrochemical Evaluation of Hydrogen Concentration and Diffusivity in FLiBe External Link
July 25, 2023INFUSE: Informing ARC divertor design and plasma facing material selection through integrated modeling External Link
July 25, 2023INFUSE: Deuterium retention in boron dust External Link
May 31, 2023Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program External Link
January 17, 2023INFUSE: Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic Steel Wire Feedstock Development for Large-Format Additive Manufacturing External Link
January 17, 2023INFUSE: A modern neutronics-modeling uncertainty methodology towards a future fusion neutronics handbook External Link
June 15, 2022INFUSE: Machine learning assisted prediction of tungsten heavy alloy plasma facing component performance for fusion energy applications External Link
June 15, 2022INFUSE: Assessing ELM mitigation by pellet triggering in SPARC low-collisionality discharges External Link
June 15, 2022INFUSE: Agile design workflow for plasma-facing fusion components with coupled thermofluidic and structural optimization External Link
June 15, 2022INFUSE: Characterization of Turbulent Transport and Confinement in ARC with STEP and CGYRO External Link
November 22, 2021INFUSE: Neutron Ion Handshake for Fusion Materials External Link
November 22, 2021INFUSE: Magnetic Pumps for Molten Salt Fusion Devices External Link
June 04, 2021INFUSE: Active Redox Control of Molten Salts For Fusion Blankets External Link
June 04, 2021INFUSE: Informing Layout and Performance Requirements for SPARC Massive Gas Injection External Link
November 25, 2020INFUSE: Time-Dependent Boundary Modeling to Inform Design of SPARC Diagnostic and Actuators External Link
August 14, 2020INFUSE: SPARC 3D field physics and support of the non-axisymmetric coil assessment External Link
August 14, 2020INFUSE: Advanced manufacturing workflows for tokamak internal components External Link
August 14, 2020INFUSE: Baselining a tritium accountancy and safety case for a molten salt liquid immersion fusion blanket External Link
April 06, 2020$1,374,368BETHE: Pulsed High Temperature Superconducting Central Solenoid For Revolutionizing Tokamaks External Link
September 23, 2019INFUSE: Divertor Plasma Simulations External Link
September 23, 2019INFUSE: Superconducting Cable Quench Detection External Link
September 23, 2019INFUSE: Divertor Component Testing External Link
September 23, 2019INFUSE: Alpha Particle Diagnostics Simulation External Link

Projects