Director of Electrical Engineering
Everett, WA, United States
Helion is hiring a Director of Electrical Engineering to own electrical systems for Helion’s fusion generators. This position provides a unique opportunity to solve challenging multidisciplinary problems that are critical to deploying fusion energy to the world, while growing and mentoring a team of exceptional engineers and establishing design tools and processes to continually increase Helion’s pace of innovation.
What you’ll be doing
In this position, you will set the standard for how fast Helion designs and builds electrical systems and ultimately delivers clean, low-cost, and reliable electricity to the world. Your main responsibility will be creating a world-class engineering team and continually raising the bar for speed of execution and technical rigor. The role may expand based on interests and performance; initial responsibilities include –
Managing the team’s end-to-end ownership of high-energy pulsed-power circuits (kV, MA, MJ)
Managing the team’s end-to-end ownership of low-voltage support systems (e.g., gate triggers)
Accelerating Helion’s development of custom semiconductor devices and grid tie-in hardware
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve generator performance and reliability
Developing and maintaining a roadmap to mass-production, optimizing for scalability and cost
About you
You have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, with a minimum of 10 years of engineering experience and 5 years of engineering management experience. You have taken multidisciplinary problems from concept to design, manufacture, test, and deployment. Some specific characteristics we are looking for –
Autonomous ownership of complex engineering projects (including schedule ownership)
Exceptional leadership of engineers with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds
Hands-on exposure to a variety of electrical disciplines (silicon design, pulsed power, etc.)
Ability to apply engineering first-principles and analytical rigor to challenging problems
Success scaling complex systems while reducing design iteration time with a lean team
The pay range for this position is $220-270k. 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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