Director of Engineering, Modules

The role

You will own the organization that architects, designs, qualifies, and produces hardware for the Orion fusion power plant. You will lead a cross-functional team of electrical and mechanical engineers to develop capacitor bank modules.

What you will do

• Own the architecture of Orion's capacitor bank and its interdependencies with the machine core
• Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of electrical and mechanical engineers
• Drive manufacturable design by partnering with manufacturing engineering
• Own cost, schedule, and reliability for the module portfolio
• Work with Research, Science, and Controls to keep module designs updated
• Hire, develop, and set design-review and engineering standards
• Baseline the Orion bank architecture and stand up the qualification program

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
• 10+ years developing complex electromechanical hardware
• 4+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Thermal)
• Track record of taking hardware from prototype through qualification into production
• Technical depth in at least one of: power electronics or pulsed energy systems, high-reliability electromechanical design, or high-volume hardware production
• Demonstrated ownership of cost, schedule, and reliability at program scale
• Cross-functional leadership strength

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.