Helion
Director of Engineering, Modules
$272K–$320K
Everett, WA · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 17, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years developing complex electromechanical hardware, including 4+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Education
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the engineering organization responsible for designing, qualifying, and producing Orion’s capacitor-bank modules for Helion’s fusion power plant.
What you'll do
- Own capacitor-bank architecture, requirements, interfaces, and design trades.
- Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineers; oversee module design, qualification, cost, schedule, and reliability.
- Drive prototype-to-production transition with manufacturing, research, science, and controls teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- 10+ years developing complex electromechanical hardware, including 4+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Track record taking hardware from prototype through qualification into production.
- Technical depth in power electronics or pulsed energy systems, high-reliability electromechanical design, or high-volume hardware production, with fluency across the others.
Pay
$272K – $320K (base salary)
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