Helion
Materials Science Manager, Conductive Materials
Join Helion as a Materials Science Manager in Conductive Materials. This onsite role reports directly to the Director of Materials Science at our Everett, WA office.
About Helion Helion is 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 over $1 billion from long‑time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors SoftBank and Lightspeed to propel us forward. Our last prototype, Trenta, completed 10 000 high‑power pulses and reached plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV). We are now operating Polaris, our next prototype on the path to the world’s first fusion power plant. This pivotal time to join Helion will let you 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.
What You Will Be Doing
Lead, develop, and support subject matter experts driving the development and scale‑up of advanced conductive materials engineered for extreme environments, including elevated temperature and radiation exposure.
Own and manage the delivery of Helion’s conductive materials needs such as magnets, structural elements, and capacitors.
Translate annual goals into objective tasks and manage month‑to‑month planning toward completing goals and objectives. Drive schedule ownership to accelerate the completion of milestones.
Build and manage a network of collaborative relationships, both internally and externally, to develop new materials that can survive a fusion environment.
Minimum Required Skills
Experience with developing new metals, alloys, and multi‑metal microstructure from ideation to launch.
Experience or deep knowledge of metal processes including casting, forging, machining, grinding, and milling.
Hands‑on experience in analytical equipment to characterize metals properties including structural, mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties (e.g., metallograph, XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA/DSC, ICP‑MS, fatigue tests, flexural, and tensile tests).
The ideal candidate would have a bias for action, know how to organize the team to execute with urgency, and favor learning through rapid prototyping.
Experience managing a materials science team that delivered a high‑impact final product, expanding a talent‑dense team via a hiring process, and owning the schedule for a critical‑path facet of a milestone project.
Successful and autonomous mentorship of employees of a wide range of expertise, experience, and backgrounds, demonstrated e.g., via several performance review cycles and successful coaching of direct reports.
Fluent in some people‑management systems (e.g., recruiting, timecard management, spend approval, and performance reviews) and applying company policies as described in an employee handbook.
Total Compensation And Benefits Helion’s compensation package includes a competitively benchmarked base salary, meaningful equity grants, and comprehensive benefits. This exempt salaried role is fully remote in Everett, WA.
Annual Base Pay: $160,000 – $206,000 USD
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.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Management and Manufacturing
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.
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About Helion Helion is 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 over $1 billion from long‑time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors SoftBank and Lightspeed to propel us forward. Our last prototype, Trenta, completed 10 000 high‑power pulses and reached plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV). We are now operating Polaris, our next prototype on the path to the world’s first fusion power plant. This pivotal time to join Helion will let you 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.
What You Will Be Doing
Lead, develop, and support subject matter experts driving the development and scale‑up of advanced conductive materials engineered for extreme environments, including elevated temperature and radiation exposure.
Own and manage the delivery of Helion’s conductive materials needs such as magnets, structural elements, and capacitors.
Translate annual goals into objective tasks and manage month‑to‑month planning toward completing goals and objectives. Drive schedule ownership to accelerate the completion of milestones.
Build and manage a network of collaborative relationships, both internally and externally, to develop new materials that can survive a fusion environment.
Minimum Required Skills
Experience with developing new metals, alloys, and multi‑metal microstructure from ideation to launch.
Experience or deep knowledge of metal processes including casting, forging, machining, grinding, and milling.
Hands‑on experience in analytical equipment to characterize metals properties including structural, mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties (e.g., metallograph, XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA/DSC, ICP‑MS, fatigue tests, flexural, and tensile tests).
The ideal candidate would have a bias for action, know how to organize the team to execute with urgency, and favor learning through rapid prototyping.
Experience managing a materials science team that delivered a high‑impact final product, expanding a talent‑dense team via a hiring process, and owning the schedule for a critical‑path facet of a milestone project.
Successful and autonomous mentorship of employees of a wide range of expertise, experience, and backgrounds, demonstrated e.g., via several performance review cycles and successful coaching of direct reports.
Fluent in some people‑management systems (e.g., recruiting, timecard management, spend approval, and performance reviews) and applying company policies as described in an employee handbook.
Total Compensation And Benefits Helion’s compensation package includes a competitively benchmarked base salary, meaningful equity grants, and comprehensive benefits. This exempt salaried role is fully remote in Everett, WA.
Annual Base Pay: $160,000 – $206,000 USD
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.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Management and Manufacturing
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.
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