Jobs at Helion Energy

The Procurement Specialist will manage sourcing hardware, equipment, services, and software. Responsibilities include creating purchase orders, resolving discrepancies, and implementing procurement processes.

The R&D Engineer will operate and advance pulsed-fusion devices, ensuring safe and reliable experiments, system readiness, and continuous improvement of machine performance.

Lead build reliability efforts for fusion devices, mentor team, establish standards, and partner with teams to maintain hardware lifecycle reliability.

As a Special Projects Engineer, you will manage complex engineering projects from planning through implementation, ensuring technical accuracy and effective communication between teams.

Develop and validate physics‑grounded ML models (differentiable physics, PINNs, surrogate models) linking simulation outputs to experimental diagnostic signals. Integrate ML with simulation and experimental pipelines, reproduce experimental plasma conditions, analyze and visualize results, collaborate with plasma and pulsed‑power experts, and communicate technical findings.

Design, implement, and optimize in-house capacitor production processes. Lead cross-functional projects to increase throughput, develop process control and safety practices, collect production data to identify bottlenecks, and deploy equipment or automation solutions. Identify high-ROI capital and software investments and collaborate with Supply Chain, Production, Finance, and Facilities to enable current output and future high-volume manufacturing.

Design, implement, and optimize in-house capacitor production processes. Improve throughput and rate-based assembly, manage interdisciplinary projects, collect production data to identify bottlenecks, and develop processes for quality, safety, and maintenance to enable high-volume manufacturing.

Develop, implement, and standardize automation and controls for manufacturing fusion generators. Design and launch manufacturing equipment, produce electrical schematics, integrate equipment with MES to report OEE, program PLCs and industrial robots, implement safety systems per ANSI/ISO/OSHA, and troubleshoot to improve uptime.

Design, implement, and optimize in-house capacitor production processes. Manage projects to increase throughput, develop production business processes, collect and analyze production data to remove bottlenecks, and identify high-ROI equipment and automation for scaling to high-volume manufacturing.

The Director of Experimental Science will lead a team to design, implement, and optimize technologies for fusion plasma performance while overseeing inter-departmental projects and ensuring stakeholder alignment.

Lead the development and execution of training programs for Helion's R&D team, focusing on operational readiness for fusion machines and fostering a strong learning culture.

Lead development of control philosophy, automation architecture, and instrumentation strategy for fuel cycle systems. Define control system architectures, HMI, alarming, and data requirements; select and manage vendors; produce control narratives, I/O lists, and diagrams; integrate with plant and fusion machine controllers; and lead onsite and remote commissioning to ensure safe, reliable operation.

The PR Lead will manage media relations, craft narratives about Helion's fusion technology, and support external communications strategies, enhancing awareness and credibility in the energy sector.

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.

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 Community + Brand Manager will shape external brand experiences, manage events, enhance community engagement, and create branded materials while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

The Multiphysics Simulation Engineer will enhance analysis workflows, run finite-element models, collaborate on hardware designs, and build automation tools for engineering analysis.

As a People Operations Coordinator, you will support employee experience initiatives, maintain records, ensure compliance, and improve workflows.

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.