I looked hopefully at the HR report https://www.iter.org/sites/default/files/media/2024-11/rh-20... to see if there was some sort of job categorisation - scientist, engineer, management. Disappointingly scant. PhD heavy. Perhaps the budget would be more insightful.

"Execution not ideas" is a common refrain for startups.

I wonder how much of the real engineering for ITER is occurring in subcontractors?