Also called: Magnet Engineer
Builds the incredibly strong, super-cold magnets that squeeze and hold fusion plasma.
You wind kilometers of superconducting tape into a giant coil, cool it to -420°F, and test it to fields hundreds of thousands of times stronger than Earth's.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's or PhD in electrical, mechanical engineering, or physics.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering.
Growing much faster than average. Fusion isn't tracked by BLS; private fusion companies have raised billions and are hiring fast, but commercial power is still years away.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps model magnets, but winding, quench testing and fixing cryogenic magnets is hands-on engineering.
Classes: AP Physics C, AP Calculus, Electronics CTE class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2071.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.