Mechanical Engineer

Helion is hiring an early career Mechanical Engineer to own hardware designs for Helion’s fusion generator prototypes. This position provides a unique opportunity to solve multidisciplinary engineering problems that are critical to deploying fusion energy to the world. It also provides the unique opportunity to be a culture driver on a small, rapidly growing, and fast-moving team.  

What you’ll be doing –  

In this position, you will own the design and building of hardware that will deliver clean, low-cost, and reliable electricity to the world. You will take ownership of subsystem designs, understand/improve their requirements, learn from historical approaches, design novel hardware, and test your solutions.   

• Be responsible for subsystem designs including: electromagnets, structural, fluid, thermal & control systems 
• Designing fusion hardware within CAD Software (NX, Solidworks, etc) 
• Performing analysis with tools like ANSYS and holding design reviews to gather feedback and iterate to a fully functioning system 
• Learning from experts to expand your engineering skillset and domain knowledge  
• Working hands-on alongside skilled technicians to build and improve your hardware designs  
• Troubleshooting and fixing hardware issues as they arise on integrated fusion generators  

About you –  

• You have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, with 1-2 years of collegiate internship or Project Team Experience (e.g. SAE, Rocket Club, etc) 
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams  
• Experience managing complex engineering projects (including schedule ownership)  
• Ability to apply both engineering first-principles and methodical thinking to challenging problems  
• Experience with CAD software (NX, Solidworks, etc.), and FEA software (ANSYS Maxwell, FEMAP, etc.)  
• Hands-on exposure to a variety of engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, fluids)  
• Desired-Not-Required – Experience in the engineering of plasma or high-voltage systems  

Per Washington Equal Pay and Opportunity Act the range for this position is $95 - 144k. Actual salary is based on education, experience, and other qualifying skill sets.