Helion Energy

Helion Energy

Director of Engineering, Modules

Everett, WA · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 91 days ago
Mechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsResearchLeadership

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About the role

  • Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.
  • Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV).
  • Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
  • Experience scaling engineering teams and processes through a prototype-to-production transition

Compensation

  • Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
  • 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)
  • Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
  • Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
  • Annual wellness stipend
  • Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:
  • We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Company info

  • In your first year, you will baseline the Orion bank architecture, stand up the qualification program for the first production modules, and have production-intent hardware under test.
  • 10+ years developing complex electromechanical hardware, including 4+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Thermal)
  • A track record of taking hardware from prototype through qualification into production, and of the design-for-manufacture judgment that makes that transition fast
  • Demonstrated ownership of cost, schedule, and reliability at program scale, including making and defending hard trades

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
  • If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.

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