Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

U.S. Fusion Energy; Energy (IL); On-site; USD 230,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

PTO 31 days

Paid holidays

401(k) match

Disability & life insurance

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Helion Energy in Everett, WA seeks a Senior Manager to lead the Electrical Engineering function for high-energy power systems, guiding the roadmap from Polaris toward Orion and toward manufacturable, mass-produced hardware.

You will develop managers and senior contributors, drive cross-team execution, and partner with company leadership on strategy, hiring, and budgets while keeping safety and rigor central as the organization scales.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Extensive electrical engineering experience, including high-power or high-voltage systems.
• Leadership experience (3+ years) leading engineers or leaders.
• Track record scaling teams and delivering complex electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale electrical engineering across high-energy power systems.
• Own the technical roadmap from prototype toward manufacturable, mass-produced hardware.
• Develop managers and senior contributors; build organizational depth for growth.
• Drive execution across multiple teams and disciplines; remove obstacles.
• Partner with leadership on strategy, hiring, budgets; prioritize safety and rigor.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

High-power systems

Leadership

Grid tie-in

Production ramp

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Job description

About Helion

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.

Location

Everett, WA

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Electrical Engineering

Compensation

• $230K – $270K

OverviewApplication

About Helion

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.

Why This Role Matters

Taking fusion from a working prototype to a manufacturable power plant is as much an organizational challenge as a technical one. As a Senior Manager, you scale both the electrical systems and the teams that build them — leading across high-energy power systems and owning the roadmap from Polaris toward Orion and, ultimately, mass production. You'll operate where technical strategy, execution, and team-building meet.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead and scale electrical engineering across high-energy power systems — capacitor banks, power conversion, and grid tie-in.
• Own the technical roadmap that carries these systems from prototype toward manufacturable, mass-produced hardware.
• Develop managers and senior individual contributors; build organizational depth ahead of Helion's growth.
• Drive execution across multiple teams and disciplines, and remove the obstacles that slow them down.
• Partner with company leadership on strategy, hiring, and budgets, and keep safety and rigor central as the organization scales.

Required Skills

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Extensive electrical engineering experience, including high-power or high-voltage systems.
• Leadership experience (typically 3+ years), including leading engineers and, ideally, other leaders.
• A track record scaling teams and delivering complex electrical systems, with both strategic and hands-on technical judgment.
• Experience with grid tie-in, design-for-manufacturing and production ramp, or scaling an engineering organization through rapid growth is an asset.

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

Helion is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.

Compensation Range: $230K - $270K