Helion Energy

Manager, Technical Maintenance

Helion Energy$100K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years leading maintenance teams in large manufacturing environments
  • Hands-on knowledge of mechanical and electrical equipment troubleshooting
  • Experience in building technician capabilities through coaching and standards
  • Proven track record of implementing maintenance strategies and root cause analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to improve uptime and equipment reliability
  • Capacity to operate urgently in a fast-paced production environment
  • Effective in establishing standards and team culture in a growing company

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a high-performing maintenance team focused on safety and reliable execution
  • Establish comprehensive maintenance systems for planning and documentation
  • Drive uptime and equipment reliability through root cause analysis and corrective actions
  • Support troubleshooting of electromechanical and automation equipment issues
  • Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to improve production readiness
  • Create a maintenance culture that enhances technical capability and scales with production

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 and long-term disability and life insurance
  • Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
  • Annual wellness stipend
Full Job Description
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 safety, ownership, and reliable execution
  • Establish maintenance systems for PMs, CMMS, spares, vendor support, budgets, CAPEX planning, work planning, and equipment documentation
  • Drive uptime, OEE, and equipment reliability through TPM, SPC, root cause analysis, and practical corrective actions
  • Support hands-on troubleshooting of electromechanical, controls, and automated production equipment when issues escalate
  • Partner with engineering and manufacturing teams to commission equipment, stabilize processes, and improve production readiness
  • Create a maintenance culture that raises technical capability, reinforces standards, and scales with production growth

Required Skills
  • 7+ years leading maintenance, equipment, or technical teams in large and complex manufacturing, production, or high-automation environments
  • Hands-on knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, and automated equipment troubleshooting
  • Experience building technician capability through hiring, coaching, standards, and structured skill development
  • Experience implementing PMs, CMMS, spares strategies, vendor management, budget controls, CAPEX planning, root cause analysis, TPM, or predictive maintenance practices
  • Track record improving uptime, OEE, equipment reliability, or production stability
  • Ability to operate with urgency and rigor in a fast-moving environment moving from prototype builds to higher-volume production
  • Proven ability to build standards, processes, and team culture in a growing organization

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.
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