Helion Energy
Senior Software Engineer, Plant Control
Everett, WA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 16 days ago
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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 degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience with Python or another high-level orchestration language
- Experience designing maintainable software systems, including testing, version control, debugging, and deployment practices
- Strong systems-level problem-solving skills and ability to debug issues across software, hardware, networks, and data flows
- Experience with distributed control systems, industrial automation, SCADA, PLCs, or machine control
- Experience with the V-model of development, including requirements definition, verification, validation, and traceability
- Experience with precision timing, synchronization, PTP, or deterministic systems
- Experience with embedded Linux, real-time systems, or low-level systems programming
- Experience with time-series databases, data pipelines, and visualization tools such as InfluxDB, Grafana, or similar platforms
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.
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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