About the job
About Helion
Helion is a pioneering fusion power company located in Everett, WA, dedicated to creating the world's first fusion power plant. Our mission is to enable a future with limitless clean electricity, ensuring that energy is reliable and affordable for everyone.
Founded in 2013, Helion has successfully raised over $1 billion from esteemed investors, including Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group, along with newer partners like SoftBank and Lightspeed. Our recent prototype, Trenta, achieved remarkable milestones, completing 10,000 high-power pulses and reaching plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV). We are currently advancing our next prototype, Polaris, as we progress toward realizing the first fusion power plant globally.
This is an exciting time to join Helion, where you will engage in addressing real-world engineering challenges within a dynamic team that values urgency, rigor, and ownership. Together, we aim to revolutionize the energy landscape, because the world cannot afford to wait.
Your Responsibilities:
As an entry-level Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing the hardware design aspects of our fusion generator prototypes. You will tackle diverse engineering issues essential for the global deployment of fusion energy and play a key role in shaping our company culture within a growing team. This position is based on-site at our Everett, WA location.
Key Activities:
Understand and manage subsystem designs including electromagnetic, structural, fluid, thermal, and control systems, enhancing their requirements.
Learn from past engineering practices, create innovative hardware solutions, evaluate your designs, and integrate them into our fusion devices.
Apply first-principles engineering and methodical thinking to navigate complex challenges.
Utilize 3D CAD software (e.g., NX, SolidWorks) for designing fusion hardware.
Conduct analyses using tools like ANSYS and organize design reviews to collect feedback and refine systems to full functionality.
Collaborate with experts to enhance your engineering skills and knowledge.
Engage hands-on with seasoned technicians to refine your hardware designs.
Address and resolve hardware issues as they occur within integrated fusion generators.