Join Helion as an Electrical Systems Engineer to define and develop electrical hardware for next-generation fusion machines.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
Must have
Nice to have
Requirements
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Electrical Systems Engineer at Helion focuses on defining and integrating electrical hardware for advanced fusion machines, ensuring that subsystems like power distribution and controls work seamlessly together. Key skills include experience in electrical systems engineering, requirements management, and hands-on hardware troubleshooting. This role is ideal for engineers with a background in high-reliability industries who thrive in collaborative, cross-disciplinary environments. Helion's mission to develop the first fusion power plant adds a significant layer of urgency and impact to the work.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
From the original posting
What You Will Be Doing:
As an Electrical Systems Engineer, you will help define the electrical hardware that powers and controls our next-generation fusion machines. You will work at the architecture level to ensure electrical subsystems, including power distribution, controls interfaces, sensors, and communication networks, function together as a coherent and reliable platform. In this role, you will contribute to architectural decisions, define requirements and interfaces, and support verification and hardware bring-up. You will work closely with engineering, test, and commissioning teams to translate technical objectives into implementable designs and ensure those designs perform as intended during testing and deployment. This role blends architecture development, requirements ownership, and hands-on hardware work, and is well suited for engineers who enjoy working across disciplines while remaining closely connected to the physical system.
You Will:
Contribute to the architecture and design of electrical subsystems, ensuring alignment with overall machine requirements and operational goals.
Define, maintain, and manage system and subsystem requirements, ensuring clear traceability from top-level objectives to implemented hardware.
Develop and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs) that define electrical, controls, and mechanical interfaces between subsystems and suppliers.
Support verification planning and execution, ensuring requirements have clear verification methods and participating in testing activities.
Work hands-on during hardware bring-up and prototyping, helping diagnose and resolve issues across electrical hardware, controls systems, and subsystem interfaces.
Collaborate closely with electrical, controls, mechanical, and test teams to ensure designs function correctly within the overall machine.
Support integration of new hardware and subsystems during development and commissioning.
Contribute to system documentation and engineering processes, including requirements management, design reviews, and integration planning.
Required Skills:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
3+ years of experience in electrical systems engineering, integration, test, or hardware development.
Experience contributing to system or subsystem architecture, including defining electrical subsystems and their interactions.
Experience developing and managing technical requirements and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interconnect documentation.
Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis using standard lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, and logic or spectrum analyzers.
Experience working with cross-disciplinary engineering teams including electrical, controls, mechanical, and test.
Strong technical documentation and communication skills, including the ability to clearly capture requirements, interfaces, and design decisions.
Experience working with hardware suppliers or external partners to define technical requirements and review deliverables.
Desired Skills:
Experience in aerospace, automotive, robotics, energy systems, or other safety-critical, high-reliability industries.
Familiarity with large-scale electrical hardware systems, including power distribution, sensing, and controls integration.
Knowledge of high-voltage or high-current electrical systems, including grounding, protection, and EMI/EMC considerations.
Experience with requirements management and PLM tools such as Flow, Jama, DOORS, Teamcenter, or Confluence.
Exposure to system safety and reliability methods, including FMEA, FMECA, or fault analysis.
Experience supporting or executing system-level integration testing, including instrumentation, automation, and data analysis.
Familiarity with electrical interconnect systems and harness manufacturing standards such as IPC/WHMA-A-620 or related industry practices.
Comfort operating in fast-paced development environments where both engineering rigor and development speed are required.
Demonstrated ownership of hardware development efforts from concept through deployment, including coordination with suppliers and cross-disciplinary teams.
#LI-Onsite
#LI-KL1
Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break
Up to 5% employer 401(k) match
Annual wellness stipend
Standard company text repeated across Helion's postings is omitted here.