CSO & Co-Founder — Fusion Science Visionary

Deep Science Ventures; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Majority equity stake

Full autonomy in core decisions

Portfolio and fundraising support

Job summary

Deep Science Ventures is seeking a Chief Scientific Officer to lead the scientific strategy from core plasma physics to experimental validation, aiming to extrapolate results toward neutron source and power-plant conditions. You will steer a lean scientific team and align research with business milestones as the company spins out.

You will oversee computation, experiments, and diagnostics while coordinating with leadership on milestones and external partnerships.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in plasma physics and fusion science.
• Experience developing or directing predictive plasma-modeling workflows.
• Strong command of model assumptions, boundary conditions, convergence, verification and uncertainty.

Responsibilities

• Lead the plasma-physics and scientific roadmap.
• Coordinate theory, computation, experiments and diagnostics into a validation program.
• Translate uncertainties into testable hypotheses and decisive experiments.
• Define experimental objectives and validation criteria for extrapolation to reactor-scale conditions.
• Provide scientific direction for technology development and reactor optimization.

Skills

Plasma physics

Fusion science

High-performance computing

Experiment design

Diagnostics & data analysis

Leadership & communication

Job description

Deep Science Ventures is seeking a Chief Scientific Officer to lead the scientific strategy from core plasma physics to experimental validation, aiming to extrapolate results toward neutron source and power-plant conditions. You will steer a lean scientific team and align research with business milestones as the company spins out.

You will oversee computation, experiments, and diagnostics while coordinating with leadership on milestones and external partnerships.