Senior Electronics Technician
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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Senior
Salary
Salary not provided
About the company:
We’re hiring brilliant scientists, engineers, and builders passionate about developing world-changing technologies. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.
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!
What You Will Be Doing:
As a member of the Electrical Engineering team, you will support the core of the world's first fusion generator machine. You will support the main pulsed-energy drive systems for the magnetics, the energy recovery and re-distribution networks, the diagnostics, and the controls. You will also develop novel ways to measure and acquire this data from high noise, high field, and high voltage environments. You will work directly with our Electrical Engineers, and report directly to our Sr Production Manager at our Everett, WA office.
You Will:
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Support the build, assembly, operation, and testing of PCBA and control systems required for running a fusion machine and multiple test systems
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Help with the identification, installation, and implementation of test equipment, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems
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Help create minor subassemblies and test components focused on PCBAs, pulse power electronics, electrical systems, and fast prototypes
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Troubleshoot, inspect, repair, and service Electronics assemblies, PCBAs, and pulsed power test systems
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Create, organize, and maintain electronic component and consumables inventory
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Be responsible for preventative maintenance and calibration of lab equipment
Required Skills:
· 5+ years of experience in a research, fabrication, or test lab
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Read and interpret electrical schematics and interconnects
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Solder, reflow, rework and repair PCBAs to IPC standards such as IPC-A-610, IPC-A-620, IPC J-STD-001, IPC-7711/7721
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Experience with electronic troubleshooting and using standard benchtop tools like oscilloscopes, Eloads, FRA, Arb waveform generators, pulse generators, spectrum analyzers, DVMs
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Experience with Microsoft Suite, schematic capture, and PCB design software
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Able to lift up to 50 lbs
The pay range for this position is $35-$45/hr. 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:
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13 company-wide holidays
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31 days of PTO (10 sick and 21 vacation days)
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Up to 5% employer 401K contribution matching
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Equity plan offered to all employees
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Parental Leave
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Medical, Dental, Vision
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Short- and long-term Disability
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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.
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