Senior Manager, Software Engineering

The role

You will own the plant software stack and the enterprise data platform and application roadmap. You will lead two teams to build software for complex hardware systems and internal applications. You will also set software processes, hire and develop engineers, and define practices for LLM-based tools.

What you will do

• Own the plant software stack across embedded, supervisory, networking, infrastructure, and data layers, and the enterprise data platform and application roadmap.
• Set how software plans, reviews, tests, deploys, responds to faults, and hands off to operations.
• Set and hold clear expectations for how electrical, mechanical, systems, fuel cycle, operations, and science teams engage the software teams.
• Hire, develop, and support engineers and leaders across both teams.
• Define and implement practices on the use of LLM-based tools and agents in engineering workflows, data analysis, process automation, and scientific discovery.
• Identify when to buy, what to build, and how to pursue in-house tools.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years building software for complex hardware systems.
• 3+ years leading a multidisciplinary software team that includes firmware or embedded engineers and application engineers, across a range of seniority.
• Depth in real-time, embedded, or control software for physical systems.
• Ability to recognize familiar engineering problems amidst unfamiliar applications.
• Experience leading a team that builds data systems or internal tools for customers who are not engineers and prioritizing that work against product delivery.
• A track record of hiring and growing engineers and engineering leaders over time.
• Ability to work across disciplinary boundaries with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, systems engineers, machine operators, and scientists.
• A degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical 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. Since its founding in 2013, it has raised $1.5 billion from various investors.