Pacific Fusion expands hiring push at Los Lunas job fair

Pacific Fusion’s recruitment drive is beginning to look like a real labor-market force in Los Lunas, where company representatives were already meeting job seekers at the village’s third annual Job Fair & Career Expo at the Daniel Fernandez Recreation Center. The company is building out its Los Lunas operation in the former Merillat building in Los Morros Business Park, and that site is becoming a job magnet for workers who want to stay closer to home instead of commuting out of the county.

The company’s New Mexico recruiting page says it is “rapidly expanding in New Mexico” and hiring across roles and disciplines for its Los Lunas Build Center. Its careers page lists openings that range from Manufacturing Engineer and Senior Tooling & GSE Engineer to Experimental Physicist, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Pulsed Power and Senior Manufacturing Engineer. That mix suggests Pacific Fusion is not just looking for a few entry-level hands, but for specialized technical workers who can help launch a complex manufacturing operation.

Pacific Fusion says its New Mexico project will create 200 permanent jobs and hundreds of construction roles, a scale that could ripple well beyond the plant itself if local residents fill a significant share of those positions. For Valencia County, that means more payroll dollars staying in the area, less time spent on the road and a stronger case for training programs that can move residents into manufacturing, maintenance and technical support work without requiring a four-year degree.

The Los Lunas build center opened in December 2025 and spans about 200,000 square feet, making it one of the more visible signs that the broader Mesa del Sol project is moving from planning to execution. Pacific Fusion says the Los Lunas facility will manufacture many components for its Demonstration System while the larger research and demonstration campus is developed in Albuquerque. The company also describes the larger New Mexico effort as a billion-dollar project.

The hiring push has been building for months. UNM-Valencia listed a Pacific Fusion Los Lunas Career Fair posting on March 2, 2026, showing the company was already using local recruiting channels before the June 12 expo. That matters for Valencia County because the strongest economic benefit will come if the company can tap the local pipeline, not just import workers from elsewhere in central New Mexico.

If Pacific Fusion succeeds in hiring locally, the upside could reach beyond the plant gate. Workers who might otherwise leave for jobs in Albuquerque or beyond could find technical work in Los Lunas, while local schools and training programs gain a clearer target for welding, industrial, engineering and equipment-support pathways. The challenge now is whether the county’s workforce pipeline is ready to turn the promise of a high-tech build center into a broader gain for residents across the I-25 corridor.