Production Operations Engineer

We are building something never done before.

Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world’s first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity.

We are a team of engineers, scientists, and makers that believe fusion energy can solve climate change on a global scale and ensure energy independence while making electricity more affordable than ever before.

Now is a great time to join Helion! Bring your skills, experiences, and determination to make a difference in the world. Together, we can make a future with unlimited clean electricity from fusion a reality!

Helion is hiring a Production Operations Engineer to oversee design, implementation, and refinement of important production systems. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with multiple teams across supply chain, production, engineering and test operations. You will also directly influence the commissioning timeline for Polaris, Helion’s next generator, and lay the groundwork for Helion’s transition to generator mass-manufacturing. You will report directly to the Senior Manager of Production at our Everett, WA location.

What you will be doing:

• Design and implement rate-based assembly lines and cells for high-volume subassemblies with support from production and engineering leadership

• Gather data to identify production bottlenecks, and propose and deploy solutions

• Develop new business processes that align with production team growth, including manufacturing execution, non- conformance management, process control, process safety, etc.

• Implement high return-on-investment capabilities, including capital equipment and software capabilities that improve manufacturing processes

• Improve Helion’s plan for generator mass-manufacturing, including incorporating changes based on new generator data, refining factory models, and communicating updates to the executive team

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, with a minimum of 3 years of technical work experience that includes setup and improvement of production systems

• Hands-on engineering or manufacturing experience in rapid hardware prototyping and iteration

• Hands-on engineering or manufacturing experience in rate-based and high-volume manufacturing

• Experience communicating with and influencing partners across organizational lines

• Experience in cradle-to-grave ownership of complex engineering or production scopes

• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment that includes changing needs and goals

The pay range for this position is $100k-170k. This pay range may be inclusive of several career levels and will be narrowed based on several factors, including the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

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Benefits:

• 13 company-wide holidays

• 31 days of PTO (10 sick and 21 vacation days)

• 3% employer 401K contribution matching

• Equity plan offered to all employees

• Parental Leave

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• Short- and long-term Disability

• Monthly sponsored events and subsidized snack program

NOTE: Underrepresented people are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the job's requirements. We believe in hiring people, not checklists, and encourage you to apply even if you do not check all of the boxes. If this job isn't the one, we have many other openings that may be a fit.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. If we reach out to you to begin an interview process, we will also ask if you require any reasonable accommodation at that time.