Head of Quality — Fusion Hardware

Fusion Energy Base; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

PTO 31 days

Paid holidays

401(k) match up to 5%

Disability and life insurance

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Helion in Everett, WA is seeking a hands-on quality leader to build the quality function from the ground up. You will establish strategy, processes, and culture to deliver first-of-a-kind fusion hardware with repeatable quality across the lifecycle.

The role partners with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Test to prevent defects, reduce risk, solve root causes, and scale toward commercial fusion power; onsite role reporting to the Director of Operational Excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years in quality, manufacturing, supplier quality, hardware engineering, production engineering, or related discipline with complex hardware.
• 3+ years leading high-performing technical teams and scaling quality capabilities.
• Success designing or transforming quality systems to improve consistency, accountability, and execution.
• Strong knowledge of quality engineering principles and tools (supplier quality, nonconformance management, MRB, CAPA, FMEA, root cause analysis, inspection) and cross-functional influence.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Helion's quality organization across Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality, Inspection, and Quality Systems.
• Hire, develop, and mentor a high-performing technical team.
• Design and scale quality systems, processes, standards, inspection strategies, traceability, and metrics.
• Own quality execution across the hardware lifecycle, including nonconformance management, MRB, CAPA, supplier quality, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Test to build quality early, improve process capability, reduce defects, and increase first-pass yield.
• Foster a culture where quality is everyone’s responsibility with data-driven decisions to support growth from prototype to commercial-scale production.

Skills

Quality leadership

Process improvement

Data-driven decisions

Statistical problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Quality

Tools

MRB

CAPA

FMEA

Inspection planning

Root cause analysis

Quality systems

Supplier quality

Job description

Helion in Everett, WA is seeking a hands-on quality leader to build the quality function from the ground up. You will establish strategy, processes, and culture to deliver first-of-a-kind fusion hardware with repeatable quality across the lifecycle.

The role partners with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Test to prevent defects, reduce risk, solve root causes, and scale toward commercial fusion power; onsite role reporting to the Director of Operational Excellence.