Helion Energy

Software Engineer

LocationEverett, WA
Salary$100,000-$145,000

About This Job


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 and 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). Now, we're turning up operations for Polaris, working towards delivering the world's first fusion power plant.


More than ever, it's a pivotal time to join us and have the opportunity to solve real challenges to create a better energy future. You will see first-hand how we value urgency, rigor, ownership, and hard truths, knowing it will take each to do what no one has before. Joining us, you will push the boundaries of what's possible and transform humanity for the better - because the world can't wait.


What You Will Be Doing:

We are looking for a Software Engineer to help us improve, scale, and increase scope of in-house control and diagnostics capability. You will work with Electrical Engineering designers and IT to develop intelligent, next-generation, in-house control and diagnostics. You will also develop strong software infrastructure and pipelines. This role requires an onsite presence, and you will report directly to our Lead Electrical Engineer at our Everett, WA, office.



You Will:

Work closely with the physics and engineering teams building Helion's Fusion Power Plant
Create and maintain graphical user interfaces to log and display real-time health/performance information for a fusion machine and sub-scale testbeds
Collaborate to create and implement software algorithms which interface with thousands of distributed sensors
Take ownership of software architecture, code organization, version control best practices, deployment tools and strategies, and testing
Explore time series database tools and ways to graph them (i.e. InfluxDB, Grafana, and similar) to serve the users of your software
Examine possibilities of new software solutions to accelerate customer
Apply both engineering first-principles and method-based thinking to challenging problems


Required Skills:

BS or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering and 2-5 years of industry experience
Experience with modern C++ experience, specifically with C++11/14/17/23
Experience with Python, numpy, numba
Experience with Embedded Linux Distributions
Experience with software deployment tools like Docker and Portainer
Experience with time series database management software
Experience with data processing (databases, transformations, data pipeline optimization)
Experience with data visualization tools
Experience with working with internal customers to create right-sized software solutions on a schedule
Experience working with Hardware, Firmware, and Software engineers for integration and scope of work


Desired Skills:

Experience with EtherCAT, TwinCAT, SOEM
Experience with Precision Timing Protocol (PTP)
Experience with SCADA and PLC logic
Experience with Ansible, Apache Flink, Progress Chef, Perforce Puppet, Databricks, Datadog, Snowflake, Terraform, and/or AWS Cloud


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Benefits


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

NOTE: Underrepresented people are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the job's requirements. We believe in hiring people, not checklists, and encourage you to apply even if you do not check all of the boxes. If this job isn't the one, we have many other openings that may be a fit.


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. If we reach out to you to begin an interview process, we will also ask if you require any reasonable accommodation at that time.


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