Manager, Electrical Engineering

The role

You will lead and grow a team of electrical engineers designing high-voltage and pulsed-power circuits. You will own technical direction and delivery for hardware including capacitor banks, switching, and protection.

What you will do

• Lead and grow a team of electrical engineers designing high-voltage and pulsed-power circuits.
• Own technical direction, execution, and delivery for your team's hardware.
• Coach, develop, and hire engineers.
• Build a strong, fast, and safe engineering culture.
• Partner across mechanical, controls, systems, and test teams to deliver integrated hardware.
• Balance iteration speed with the rigor and safety that high-energy systems demand.

Required qualifications

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Significant electrical engineering experience, including power electronics or high-voltage circuit design.
• People leadership experience (typically 2+ years managing engineers).
• A track record of delivering complex electrical hardware.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to lead engineers who are experts in their domains.

Nice to have

• Experience with pulsed power, capacitor banks, or high-voltage systems
• Experience with fast-paced hardware development or early-stage team-building

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. The company has raised $1.5 billion from investors to develop its prototype, Polaris, and its future plant, Orion.