Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Manager, Technical Maintenance
Helion, a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, is seeking a Manager, Technical Maintenance to join our team. In this role, you will build and lead a team responsible for ensuring the safety, reliability, and production readiness of our critical manufacturing equipment as we scale high-voltage capacitor and integrated module production.
Location
- Everett, WA
Employment Type
- Full time
Department
- Production
Compensation
- $130K – $172K
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.
Responsibilities
As a Manager, Technical Maintenance at Helion, you will:
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing maintenance team focused on safety, ownership, and reliable execution
- Establish maintenance systems for PMs, CMMS, spares, vendor support, budgets, CAPEX planning, work planning, and equipment documentation
- Drive uptime, OEE, and equipment reliability through TPM, SPC, root cause analysis, and practical corrective actions
- Support hands-on troubleshooting of electromechanical, controls, and automated production equipment when issues escalate
- Partner with engineering and manufacturing teams to commission equipment, stabilize processes, and improve production readiness
- Create a maintenance culture that raises technical capability, reinforces standards, and scales with production growth
Requirements
- 7+ years leading maintenance, equipment, or technical teams in large and complex manufacturing, production, or high-automation environments
- Hands-on knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, and automated equipment troubleshooting
- Experience building technician capability through hiring, coaching, standards, and structured skill development
- Experience implementing PMs, CMMS, spares strategies, vendor management, budget controls, CAPEX planning, root cause analysis, TPM, or predictive maintenance practices
- Track record improving uptime, OEE, equipment reliability, or production stability
- Ability to operate with urgency and rigor in a fast-moving environment moving from prototype builds to higher-volume production
- Proven ability to build standards, processes, and team culture in a growing organization
We Offer
Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:
- 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
About the Company
Helion is an equal opportunity employer and values 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: $130K - $172K