About the job
Join Helion: Pioneering Clean Energy
At Helion, based in Everett, WA, our mission is to create the world’s first fusion power plant, revolutionizing energy production with limitless clean electricity. We envision a world where everyone has access to reliable and affordable energy.
Since our inception in 2013, we have secured over $1 billion in funding from esteemed investors, including Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group, alongside new partners like SoftBank and Lightspeed. Our latest prototype, Trenta, successfully completed 10,000 high-power pulses, achieving plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV). We are now advancing with Polaris, our next prototype on the journey to realizing the world's first fusion power facility.
This is a critical moment to become part of Helion. You will confront real-world engineering challenges with a team that values urgency, rigor, accountability, and an unwavering commitment to transparency – all crucial to achieving unprecedented milestones. Together, we will reshape the future of energy, as the world cannot afford to wait.
Your Role:
As a Senior Electrical Simulation Engineer, you will spearhead the development and validation of intricate circuit and system models that inform design choices and ensure the safe, stable functioning of our fusion systems. You will construct plant-level models to evaluate performance, analyze subsystem interactions, and confirm adherence to relevant standards and regulations. Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, you will model and simulate the pulsed power devices, circuits, and physics essential for fusion machine operation. By merging hands-on laboratory work with advanced simulation techniques, you will enhance our capability to accurately depict complex electrical systems with confidence, thereby ensuring the scalability of our fusion machines.
Your Responsibilities Include:
Leading the development and validation of electrical simulation models at both circuit and system levels.
Integrating electrical models with mechanical, thermal, and control simulations to assess multidisciplinary interactions and optimize overall system performance.
Creating automation scripts to facilitate repeatable, automated simulation processes.
Collaborating with hardware, firmware, and software engineers to support system integration and root-cause analysis.
Evaluating and implementing new simulation tools and methodologies to enhance model accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.