Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field
4+ years in maintenance planning and coordination in complex facilities
Hands-on experience in shipyards, power plants, or large-scale experiments
Familiarity with high-voltage, vacuum, or pulsed power systems
Experience with CMMS
Strong problem-solving skills using first principles
Knowledge of LOTO, work permits, and MOC for high-energy equipment
Ability to read technical drawings and collaborate with engineers
Responsibilities
Plan and coordinate maintenance and upgrades on complex equipment
Translate ambiguous requests into clear work plans
Manage equipment configuration and maintenance planning
Identify conflicts and surface risks in operations
Assess impacts of proposed work on operations and schedules
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and 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 and long term disability, and life insurance
Paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks)
Annual wellness stipend
Full Job Description
What You Will Be Doing:
You will own work control for Helion's experimental and large-scale fusion machines, keeping them ready for operation. As a Machine Maintenance and Integration Engineer, you will play a critical role in maximizing machine availability in a highly demanding and changing experimental environment. You will coordinate maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and integration work, building clear work plans across teams and shifts while partnering with technician shift managers, operators, and engineers from across the organization.
You Will:
Plan and coordinate maintenance and upgrades on complex, tightly integrated, first-of-a-kind equipment
Turn ambiguous requests from multiple teams into clear, executable work plans, making scheduling decisions and seeking feedback as needed
Manage equipment configuration, maintenance planning, work authorization, and handoffs that return equipment to operation
Identify conflicts, surface risks, and bring the right people into decisions
Assess how proposed work affects configuration, access, operations, and other scheduled work
Required Skills:
Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field
4+ years planning and coordinating maintenance, modifications, or upgrades in a complex operating facility, taking work from request through scope, readiness, scheduling, execution, and closeout
Hands-on experience in a shipyard, power plant, nuclear facility, large-scale experiment, or similar setting
Familiarity with high-voltage, vacuum, or pulsed power systems
CMMS experience
Strong first-principles and structured problem-solving skills
Working knowledge of LOTO, work permits, and MOC on equipment with significant stored energy
Experience building or improving preventive maintenance plans and using equipment history to find reliability problems
Ability to read technical drawings and work with engineers and technicians on installation, testing, and maintainability requirements
Experience reviewing, approving, and scheduling work, resolving competing requests, and building consensus across teams
Preferred Skills:
Formal work control, work authorization, or configuration management experience
Experience planning outages, commissioning, or integration tests on operating equipment
Experience building a work planning or maintenance process that scales across facilities or devices
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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
About Helion Energy
Helion Energy, Inc. is an American fusion research company, located in Everett, Washington. They are developing a magneto-inertial fusion technology to produce helium-3 and fusion power via aneutronic fusion.
