Principal Capacitor Engineer
Listed on 2025-12-22
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineer
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.
What You Will Be DoingAs a Principal Capacitor Design Engineer at Helion, you will lead the design, development, and scaling of custom high-voltage, pulsed-power capacitors that are core to Helion’s fusion generators. You will own capacitor architecture from first principles through high-volume manufacturing, driving breakthroughs in energy density, reliability, and cost. You will provide deep technical leadership to engineering, manufacturing, and production teams as Helion transitions from prototype builds to the world’s first fusion power plant.
You will provide technical leadership, organize work, set priorities, and advance Helion’s mission to deliver clean power in a reliable and cost-effective manner. This is an onsite role that reports directly to Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering at our Everett, WA, office.
- Lead the full lifecycle of capacitor development—requirements definition, physics-based modeling, internal design, materials selection, prototyping, testing, and scaling into high-throughput manufacturing
- Drive the development of low-inductance, high-reliability pulsed capacitors capable of
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