Helion is building the world's first fusion power plant to deliver clean, reliable, and abundant electricity to the grid. Backed by Lightspeed, Peak XV and SoftBank VF.
About the role
As a Sr Systems Engineer, you will own the system architecture and top-level requirements that hold Helion's fusion power plant together as a coherent whole — spanning the fusion machine, balance of plant, and the systems that connect them.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in systems engineering, with demonstrated ownership of requirements, architecture, or interface definition on complex plant or hardware systems
- Proven experience decomposing high-level plant or mission requirements into traceable, verifiable subsystem requirements
- Proven experience authoring and owning ICDs across multiple engineering disciplines
- Experience developing and executing verification and validation plans against system-level requirements
- Strong technical writing and communication skills, with the ability to influence design decisions across disciplines without direct authority
More about this role
We are 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. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.
Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised $1.5 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others to propel us forward. Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion.
This is a pivotal time to join Helion. 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, we will change the future of energy, because the world can't wait.
As a Sr Systems Engineer, you will own the system architecture and top-level requirements that hold Helion's fusion power plant together as a coherent whole —...
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