Head of Plant Control Software & Systems Engineering

Helion; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

PTO 31 days

401(k) with 5% match

Disability and life insurance

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Helion, based in Everett, WA, seeks a leader to drive the Plant Control Software team responsible for the embedded, supervisory, networking, and data layers of the plant control stack.

The role partners across electrical, mechanical, systems engineering, and operations to deliver software on a shared hardware schedule, while establishing robust engineering principles for planning, testing, and fault handling.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building complex control systems for hardware.
• 3+ years in a leadership role building and managing a multidisciplinary software team.
• Depth in real-time, embedded, or control software for physical systems.
• Experience delivering software against hardware on a shared schedule.
• Experience hiring and growing engineers.
• Ability to work across electrical, mechanical, systems engineering, operators and scientists.
• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Plant Control Software team across firmware, application software, networking, infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
• Own delivery of the plant control software stack across embedded, supervisory, networking, and data layers.
• Partner with electrical, mechanical, fuel cycle, systems engineering, operations, and science. Coordinate across hardware and software boundaries.
• Establish engineering principles for planning, reviews, tests, deploys, fault response, and handoffs to operations.

Skills

Real-time software

Embedded software

Leadership

Cross-disciplinary

Hardware-focused delivery

Education

CS or EE degree

Job description

Helion, based in Everett, WA, seeks a leader to drive the Plant Control Software team responsible for the embedded, supervisory, networking, and data layers of the plant control stack.

The role partners across electrical, mechanical, systems engineering, and operations to deliver software on a shared hardware schedule, while establishing robust engineering principles for planning, testing, and fault handling.