Process Engineering Summer Intern

Helion • Everett, WA

9d • $48 - $48 • Onsite

About The Position

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. Their vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone. Since Helion's founding in 2013, they have raised $1.5 billion from investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group, as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others. Their current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and is on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion. This is a pivotal time to join Helion, where you will tackle real-world challenges with a team that prizes urgency, rigor, ownership, and a commitment to delivering hard truths – values essential to achieving what no one has before. Together, they will change the future of energy.

Requirements

• Ability to work full time, onsite in Everett, WA for a minimum of 12 consecutive weeks during summer 2027
• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Nuclear Engineering
• GPA of 3.0 or above
• Strong understanding of engineering principles like thermodynamics, fluids, mass transfer, heat transfer, and mechanics
• Proficiency in data analysis and familiarity with software tools (MATLAB, Python, Excel)
• Ability to learn how a system operates and run it independently
• Basic understanding of chemistry and steady-state systems (undergraduate level)

Responsibilities

• Learn and operate a separation technology used in Helion’s fuel cycle, while understanding the system on a conceptual level
• Adhere to safety protocols and gain hands-on experience with the system operation
• Optimize specific system parameters and present a report detailing your process and results at the end of the internship
• Explore and/or implement system improvements and conduct independent experiments to further enhance the technology

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern