Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering
About The Position
As a Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering, you will lead the development of novel circuit designs and hardware systems for Helion’s fusion devices. Your primary responsibility will be to grow and lead a high-performing electrical engineering team by providing mentorship, modeling technical excellence, and driving execution speed. You will solve complex engineering challenges that directly impact machine performance and help deliver clean, low-cost, reliable electricity to the world. This is an onsite role that reports directly to Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering at our Everett, WA office.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline
- Minimum of 10+ years of engineering experience and 3+ years of engineering management experience
- Experience in taking multidisciplinary problems from concept to design, manufacturing, test, and deployment
- Autonomous ownership of complex engineering projects (including schedule ownership)
- Exceptional leadership of engineers with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds
- Hands-on exposure to a variety of electrical disciplines
- Ability to apply engineering first-principles and analytical rigor to challenging problems
- Success scaling complex systems while reducing design iteration time with a lean team
Responsibilities
- Set the standard for how fast Helion designs and builds electrical systems and ultimately delivers clean, low-cost, and reliable electricity to the world
- Create a world-class engineering team and continually raise the bar for speed of execution and technical rigor
- Manage the team’s end-to-end ownership of high-energy power circuits (kVDC, kVAC, kA, MJ)
- Accelerate Helion’s development of custom grid tie-in hardware and/or implementation of highly efficient off-the-shelf components
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve generator performance and reliability
- Develop and maintain a roadmap to mass-production, optimizing for scalability and cost
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
Senior
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
