Senior Electrical Engineer

The role

You will design, build, and commission power electronics for a fusion power machine. Work includes controls and protection, high voltage and pulsed power, and power electronics design.

What you will do

• Design low-voltage electronics to command, monitor, and protect pulsed-power circuits
• Design, build, and commission pulsed-power systems like capacitor banks and switching
• Characterize components under real pulsed conditions
• Design power-conversion hardware including high-efficiency converters and chargers
• Select devices, design magnetics and thermal paths, and optimize for efficiency and density

Required qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• Experience designing and building power electronics or power-conversion hardware from schematic through board bring-up, debug, and test
• Solid grounding in power electronics fundamentals: switching topologies, semiconductor device selection, gate drive, magnetics, thermal design, and loss analysis
• Proficiency with PCBA design (Altium, KiCad, or equivalent)
• Proficiency with circuit simulation (SIMetrix, PLECS, LTspice, PSIM, or equivalent)
• Strong hands-on lab skills with oscilloscopes, DMMs, and related instrumentation

Nice to have

• Familiarity with real-time interfaces such as EtherCAT
• Familiarity with FPGA or embedded monitoring
• High-voltage or pulsed-power experience

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
• 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)
• 10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break
• Up to 5% employer 401(k) match
• Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
• Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
• Annual wellness stipend

About the company

Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant.