R&D Technician Manager
About The Position
The Technician Manager builds, leads, and scales Helion’s technician organization while maturing fusion machine maintenance capabilities. This role establishes foundational maintenance processes and ensures safe, high-quality execution of repair, upgrade, and preventative maintenance work across R&D and test environments. You will play a key role in Helion’s transition from prototype to commercial fusion machine operations. This is a hands-on leadership position combining people management, technical execution, and program ownership. You will report to the R&D Manager, onsite in our Everett, WA office. This role will be Monday-Friday.
Requirements
- 7+ years managing technicians or supervisors in R&D, laboratory, or complex machine environments
- Proven ability to hire, mentor, and grow technical teams and frontline leaders
- Experience owning complex maintenance or technical execution schedules
- Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Hands-on electromechanical troubleshooting experience; comfortable in industrial and confined environments
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, hardware-driven organization
Responsibilities
- Oversee and coordinate activities of the R&D technicians and supervisors, including scheduling, project assignment, and performance monitoring
- Provide mentorship and reinforce best practices to continuously raise team standards and technical capabilities
- Hire and develop supervisors and technicians, and own long-term staffing strategies aligned to program milestones
- Independently install, troubleshoot, test, inspect, repair, and service lab systems including high-voltage power supplies, charging systems, pulse power capacitors, vacuum systems, and plasma systems
- Coordinate the preventative maintenance on lab and test equipment to ensure operational readiness across multiple fusion protype machines
- Ensure compliance with all safety regulations and protocols, including radiation protection and environmental standards
- Maintain quality control procedures that exceed industry standards
- Keep accurate records related to operations, inventory, and equipment maintenance
- Drive schedule ownership and milestone delivery across the research and development technician team
- Interface with engineering and manufacturing teams to inform design improvements and optimize machine maintenance plans
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 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 (up to 16 weeks)
- Annual wellness stipend
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
