Project Manager

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Focused Energy is a fusion energy startup with the goal of generating unlimited clean energy to responsibly meet future global demand. With the use and commercialization of laser-induced inertial fusion a clean and highly efficient power generation technology is coming within reach suitable to ensure a secure and scalable future energy supply.

This Project Manager will support the development integration and operation of our laser and digital twin efforts helping translate technical objectives into executable plans and ensuring delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

You will act as a central point of coordination between the Laser team engineering partners facilities and the company PMO in the US bringing structure visibility and momentum to complex technical work.

This role is ideal for someone with early project management experience who is comfortable in labs hardware environments or R&D settings and who wants to deepen their technical and program execution skills over time.

What youll do:

Plan and track projects translating technical goals into clear tasks schedules and milestones

Maintain project plans schedules and workflows in Jira and Confluence

Track progress and follow up with engineers and technical leads on deliverables

Coordinate meetings reviews and planning sessions; document decisions and action items

Produce clear status updates dashboards and reports for division and PMO stakeholders

Support risk issue and change tracking across hardware lab and facility-related work

Coordinate across teams including Science & Technology Facilities and external partners

Coordinate with company-wide PM efforts to ensure compliance with company-wide standards

Who you are:

Bachelors degree or higher in Engineering Physics or a related technical field

Depth of experience in project management and coordination

Comfortable working in hardware lab or R&D environments

Familiarity with Jira and Confluence or similar tools/technology

Highly organized detail-oriented and able to manage multiple workstreams

Clear communicator who follows through and keeps teams aligned

Preferred

Background in physics optics or hardware development

Exposure to laser systems complex electromechanical systems or lab infrastructure

Experience with facility outfitting construction or test environments

Familiarity with Agile or hybrid project management methods

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.

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