Senior Controls Technician: Industrial Automation

Helion Energy; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for 

PTO 31 days (21 vacation + 10 sick)

10 Paid holidays and winter break

Up to 5% 401(k) match

Short term and long term disability

Life insurance

Parental leave

Annual wellness stipend

Job summary

Helion Energy, based in Everett, WA, seeks a Senior Controls Technician to troubleshoot and maintain complex automated manufacturing equipment used to build high‑voltage capacitors and modules for fusion reactor systems. You will collaborate with Controls Engineering and Factory Development to improve system architecture and readiness for scale.

This onsite role reports to the Supervisor of Technical Maintenance and may require schedule flexibility as operations grow toward multi‑shift and 24/7

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting industrial automation and controls.
• Experience with PLC/HMI controlled equipment and automation faults.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and process diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and restore complex automated manufacturing equipment including PLC/HMI systems, instrumentation, drives, sensors, safety circuits, robotics, and SCADA interfaces.
• Support production uptime through rapid diagnosis of electrical, controls, network, and automation faults per lockout/tagout and safety procedures.
• Perform minor updates to PLC/HMI logic, parameters, alarms, recipes, and operator interfaces; escalate larger changes through engineering change control.
• Support controls checkout, commissioning, validation, and handoff for new or modified equipment with Controls Engineering and system integrators.
• Document faults, root causes, corrective actions, and procedures to improve maintainability and future maintenance.

Skills

Industrial automation

PLC/HMI troubleshooting

Electrical controls

SCADA

Documentation

Electrical schematics

Equipment maintenance

Education

High school diploma

Technical degree / apprenticeship / military training

Tools

Fanuc

Ignition

FactoryTalk

Rockwell/Studio 5000

Siemens/TIA Portal

Job description

Helion Energy, based in Everett, WA, seeks a Senior Controls Technician to troubleshoot and maintain complex automated manufacturing equipment used to build high‑voltage capacitors and modules for fusion reactor systems. You will collaborate with Controls Engineering and Factory Development to improve system architecture and readiness for scale.

This onsite role reports to the Supervisor of Technical Maintenance and may require schedule flexibility as operations grow toward multi‑shift and 24/7