Manager, Machine Maintenance and Integration

The role

You will lead teams that maintain, repair, and upgrade experimental and large-scale fusion machines. You will own work control, maintenance, and reliability programs to keep machines ready for operation.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance engineers and technician shift managers
• Own the machine maintenance and work-control program from intake through return to service
• Partner with Operations to prioritize repairs, preventive maintenance, upgrades, and integration work
• Develop executable work packages and manage maintenance schedules, resources, spares, vendors, and contractor support
• Champion a strong safety culture through pre-job briefs, energy controls, work permits, and management of change
• Build a data-driven preventive maintenance and reliability program using equipment history and failure analysis
• Oversee machine upgrades and integration readiness from planning through installation and commissioning

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of people-management experience, including leading technicians, engineers, supervisors, or technical leads
• 5+ years in maintenance, engineering, or operations within a complex, fast-paced, or high-growth operating facility
• Ability to translate changing operational priorities into realistic work plans
• Hands-on understanding of hardware installation, testing, maintenance, repair, and commissioning
• Ability to read technical drawings and evaluate technical work plans
• Working knowledge of work authorization, lockout/tagout, work permits, configuration management, management of change, and return-to-service requirements
• Experience managing preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, and structured failure investigations using a computerized maintenance management system
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field

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 various investors to propel its mission forward.