Machine Maintenance and Integration Engineer
About The Position
Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, Washington, working to build the world's first fusion power plant and deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy. The company is developing its Polaris prototype and progressing toward its planned power plant, Orion. The Machine Maintenance and Integration Engineer owns work control for Helion’s experimental and large-scale fusion machines, helping keep them ready for operation and maximize machine availability in a demanding, evolving experimental environment. The role coordinates maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and integration work, develops clear work plans across teams and shifts, and partners with technician shift managers, operators, and engineers across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
- At least 4 years of experience planning and coordinating maintenance, modifications, or upgrades in a complex operating facility, taking work from request through scope, readiness, scheduling, execution, and closeout.
- Hands-on experience in a shipyard, power plant, nuclear facility, large-scale experiment, or similar setting.
- Familiarity with high-voltage, vacuum, or pulsed power systems.
- CMMS experience.
- Strong first-principles and structured problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of LOTO, work permits, and MOC on equipment with significant stored energy.
- Experience building or improving preventive maintenance plans and using equipment history to identify reliability problems.
- Ability to read technical drawings and work with engineers and technicians on installation, testing, and maintainability requirements.
- Experience reviewing, approving, and scheduling work, resolving competing requests, and building consensus across teams.
Nice To Haves
- Formal work control, work authorization, or configuration management experience.
- Experience planning outages, commissioning, or integration tests on operating equipment.
- Experience building a work planning or maintenance process that scales across facilities or devices.
Responsibilities
- Plan and coordinate maintenance and upgrades on complex, tightly integrated, first-of-a-kind equipment.
- Turn ambiguous requests from multiple teams into clear, executable work plans, make scheduling decisions, and seek feedback as needed.
- Manage equipment configuration, maintenance planning, work authorization, and handoffs that return equipment to operation.
- Identify conflicts, surface risks, and bring the appropriate people into decisions.
- Assess how proposed work affects configuration, access, operations, and other scheduled work.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their families.
- 31 days of PTO: 21 vacation days and 10 sick days.
- 10 paid holidays, plus a company-wide winter break.
- Up to 5% employer 401(k) match.
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Paid parental leave and support of up to 16 weeks.
- Annual wellness stipend.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
