Senior Research Scientist
Zap Energy
Everett, WA · $140k–$200k a year · Posted October 19, 2026
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This listing pays about $170,000 a year. Across 65 open senior research scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $137,500 to $248,500 and the median is $213,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 20% below the median.
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About the job
... Senior Research Scientist Help us power the planet. The planet urgently needs safe, reliable, zero-carbon energy without waste. Nuclear fusion can address the scale of this problem, but for decades, existing fusion approaches have not proven a net positive energy...