Helion
Power Electronics Engineer
$165K–$200K
Everett, WA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Education
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Design, build, commission, and operate power electronics for Helion’s fusion machines, spanning controls and protection, high-voltage pulsed power, and power conversion.
What you'll do
- Design and test controls, monitoring, and protection electronics for pulsed-power systems.
- Design, build, commission, and characterize high-voltage pulsed-power systems and components.
- Develop power-conversion hardware, including converters, chargers, and energy-recovery circuits.
What they ask for
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing and building power electronics or power-conversion hardware, from schematic through bring-up, debug, and test.
- Grounding in power electronics fundamentals, including switching topologies, semiconductor devices, gate drive, magnetics, thermal design, and loss analysis.
- Proficiency with PCBA design and circuit simulation tools; strong hands-on lab skills.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with EtherCAT and FPGA or embedded monitoring.
- High-voltage or pulsed-power experience.
Pay
$165K – $200K (USD, total compensation)
Tools
EtherCAT, FPGA, Altium, KiCad, SIMetrix, PLECS, LTspice, PSIM
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