Manager,TechnicalMaintenance

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 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 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. What You Will Be Doing As a Manager, Technical Maintenance at Helion, you will build and lead the team responsible for keeping critical manufacturing equipment safe, reliable, and production-ready as we scale high-voltage capacitor and integrated module production. You will set the operating model for maintenance, develop technicians, and establish practical systems for uptime, troubleshooting, spares, and preventive work. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can build a strong team while staying close to the equipment, failure modes, and day-to-day execution. You will work closely with manufacturing, process, controls, and equipment engineering teams to support prototype and production lines, improve equipment performance, and help transition maintenance from reactive response to scalable production reliability. This is an onsite role located at our Everett, WA office. You Will - Build, lead, and develop a high-performing maintenance team focused on