Jobs at Helion Energy

Executes internal and external corporate communications, including weekly newsletters, town halls, executive messaging, speaking engagements, media relations, and major announcements. Manages communications calendars, coordinates cross-functional contributors, develops accurate stories, tracks engagement and media performance, and improves programs using feedback and data. The role requires excellent writing, sound judgment, strong organization, autonomy, and the ability to manage sensitive information and competing deadlines onsite in Everett, Washington.

Design, implement, and optimize rate-based production processes for in-house capacitors. Lead interdisciplinary projects improving manufacturing throughput, including facility layouts, tooling, build cells, equipment, and automation. Develop scalable processes for non-conformance management, process control, safety, and asset maintenance. Analyze labor, cycle-time, and production-loss data to identify bottlenecks, recommend improvements, and support future mass manufacturing alongside current production operations.

Design, implement, and optimize rate-based production processes for in-house capacitors. Manage interdisciplinary projects improving line throughput, layouts, tooling, equipment, automation, process control, safety, and maintenance. Analyze labor, cycle-time, and quality data to identify bottlenecks and deploy high-ROI solutions. Collaborate with Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Operations, and Facilities to scale manufacturing and support future processes.

Lead the electrical engineering team, overseeing high-voltage circuit design, project management, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to enhance machine performance for fusion power systems.

Design, analyze, and commission high-vacuum systems for pulsed fusion generators. Own system definition from requirements to hardware commissioning, perform analyses and design reviews, troubleshoot integrated hardware, and collaborate cross-functionally while working hands-on with technicians.

Design, define, analyze, and commission high-vacuum systems for pulsed fusion generators. Lead requirements, P&IDs, component selection, hands-on implementation with technicians, cross-functional integration, troubleshooting, and design reviews to deliver production-ready hardware.

Lead Orion program execution by coordinating cross-functional teams, integrating schedules, identifying dependencies and risks, escalating major technical decisions, driving review cadence, tracking readiness and blockers, and building TPM standards for dependency tracking, decision logs, risk reviews, and executive reporting.

The Senior Superconductor Engineer will manage the lifecycle of superconducting hardware, focusing on design, testing, and integration to optimize performance in fusion machines.

Manage and maintain Windows and Linux servers, Microsoft 365/Entra ID, virtualization, endpoint/patch management, and monitoring. Implement security controls, automate with PowerShell and RMM, support Azure/AWS workloads, perform audits, and participate in on-call incident response.

As a Frontend UX/UI Software Engineer, you'll design and implement applications for fusion machine operators, improving their workflows with real-time data visualizations and user-friendly interfaces, while collaborating closely with engineering teams.

The Senior Experimental Scientist will lead the development and analysis of plasma diagnostics for fusion generators, ensuring alignment with operational needs and optimizing performance through collaboration with various engineering and science teams.

Manage an onsite manufacturing tool room by issuing, receiving, repairing, maintaining, labeling, and tracking tools and consumables. Maintain accurate CMMS or ERP inventory records, monitor tool wear, schedule preventive maintenance, coordinate availability with production teams, manage vendor-managed inventory, improve storage and inventory accuracy, and enforce safety procedures. The role requires physical activity, including standing, climbing, reaching, squatting, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Lead development of data foundations for fusion systems: ingest and model experimental and operational time-series data, build data schemas and pipelines, create ontologies and metadata frameworks, and develop AI-enabled workflows and decision-support tools for anomaly detection, analysis, and operational reporting.

Design, develop, and support LabVIEW-based control and data-acquisition systems (PXI/cRIO) for fusion R&D and manufacturing. Build GUIs, implement state-machine control architectures, integrate sensors and industrial hardware (PLCs, microcontrollers), implement communications protocols, perform verification, commissioning, and operational support, and produce technical documentation.

Lead and scale a multidisciplinary Plant Control Software team building embedded, supervisory, networking, and data systems that control and observe a fusion power plant. Own delivery across firmware, application, networking, and data layers, coordinate cross-discipline schedules with hardware teams, establish engineering principles and processes, and hire and grow engineers.

The Principal Experimental Scientist will lead RF pre-ionization development for fusion generators, integrating various technical inputs and enhancing plasma performance through rigorous experimental design and execution.

The Senior Technical Writer will develop and maintain technical documentation for fusion systems by collaborating with operations and engineering teams to translate complex processes into usable procedures and manuals.

Lead and scale the indirect procurement function: hire and manage a procurement team, develop and execute category strategies across software, services, hardware, capex and R&D, run end-to-end sourcing and negotiations (MSAs, SOWs), partner with stakeholders, and improve cost, supplier performance, and supply chain resilience.

Lead strategic sourcing and category management for capital equipment and complex engineered systems. Build supplier base, negotiate contracts, drive cost reduction, secure capacity, and partner cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, finance, and program teams to support fusion program milestones.

Manage the HERCULES program, overseeing $20M in research funding, technical project delivery, and stakeholder communication to ensure alignment with Helion's scientific objectives.