Senior Manager of Capacitor Manufacturing

Number of employees

100

Everett, WA, United States

Posted on: 2023-09-01

Category: renewables

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

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About the company:

Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to enable a future with unlimited clean energy. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable electricity for everyone. Currently, we are scaling up our latest plasma accelerator prototype to make our vision a reality.

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:

We are hiring Senior Manager of Capacitor Manufacturing to grow our capacitor manufacturing capabilities. You will build new teams, mentor experienced leaders, and create strategic plans in a technical, hands-on role. You will accelerate our transition from rapid prototyping to generator mass manufacturing, delivering on our mission of providing clean electricity for the planet. You will report to VP of Engineering at our Everett, WA office.

You Will:

  • Work with Helion’s executive team to establish goals for capacitor manufacturing that align with our strategy, and take full ownership of successful execution of those goals

  • Mentor supervisors on headcount planning, technician hiring and training, operating a rate-based production line, performance management, and metrics (e.g., utilization and efficiency)

  • Build a team of manufacturing engineers responsible for redesigning and improving capacitor manufacturing processes to lower cost and labor, and increase production scalability

  • Assess, staff, and oversee development projects focused on increasing capacitor manufacturing vertical integration and testing new capacitor architectures and implementations

  • Refine and implement our capacitor manufacturing scaling plan, including capital requirements, manufacturing facility siting, long lead equipment orders, and bring-up scheduling

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

  • 8+ years of technical work experience and 5+ years of experience managing technical organizations

  • Hands-on engineering or production experience in rapid hardware prototyping and iteration

  • Hands-on engineering or production experience in rate-based and high-volume manufacturing

  • Experience leading technical employees with different experiences and backgrounds

  • Expertise in cradle-to-grave ownership of complex engineering or production scopes

The pay range for this position is $166k-200k. 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:

  • 13 company-wide holidays

  • 31 days of PTO (10 sick and 21 vacation days)

  • 3% employer 401K contribution matching

  • Equity plan offered to all employees

  • Parental Leave

  • Medical, Dental, Vision

  • Short- and long-term Disability

  • 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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