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Principal Mechanical Engineer

Commonwealth Fusion Systems · Milpitas, CA, US

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hiring a principal Principal Mechanical Engineer in Milpitas, CA, US. What you'll do: mentoring and research.

Hiring signals for Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

33
/ 100
Weak

Mechanical Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 0% from the last 14 days)
  • High share of long-open postings (100% open 30+ days)
  • Pay matches the national median ($130k vs $130k national)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 265Active postings
  • 0Posted this week
  • 265Open 30+ days100% of active
  • 11Remote / hybrid4% of active
  • 8%List salary20 of 265
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $130kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 60dMedian agep90 98d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering240$130k n=17
Engineering Manager1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time13$130k n=9
Contract6$120k n=5
Intern4
Temporary2

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing212$107k n=10
Technology100$173k n=12
Government / Public Sector94
Healthcare24
Retail15$173k n=4

Top categories

  • Engineering240
  • Engineering Manager1

In-demand skills

  • AWS8
  • Python6
  • Go6
  • Agile4
  • Airflow3
  • REST2
  • C++1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing212
  • Technology100
  • Government / Public Sector94
  • Healthcare24
  • Retail15
  • Transportation & Logistics15

Employment mix

  • Unspecified240 · 91%
  • Full-time13 · 5%
  • Contract6 · 2%
  • Intern4 · 2%
  • Temporary2 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Source
jobs.lever.co
Original link
https://jobs.lever.co/cfsenergy/e2af201d-ec4b-404e-9f70-1496854d23f5
ATS
Lever
Posted
2 months ago (2026-04-15)
Status
active

Activities: Mentoring, Research

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