Apply on Employer Site

Helion · 2 hours ago

Technical Program Manager - HERCULES

Everett, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$154K/yr - $198K/yr

Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant. The Technical Program Manager will lead the HERCULES program, managing over $20M in funding for impactful research, ensuring alignment with Helion's scientific objectives, and facilitating communication between various stakeholders.

EnergyEnvironmental EngineeringRenewable Energy

Responsibilities

Lead the HERCULES program, totaling over $20M over three years

Work on the cutting edge of research, contributing to the breadth of Helion's science and R&D spanning nuclear, materials, fuel, and pulsed power science. You will partner with internal PIs across all of Helion's technical teams

Evaluate proposal submissions, quickly navigate contracts, disperse funds to research partners, guide technical work, and ensure on-track deliverables

Communicate externally to potential partners to advertise the program, and internally to leaders and executives on progress and impact. You will be the bridge between Helion leadership, PIs, and business units, and those of our partners

Teach our partners how to move fast and accelerate. You will find their largest blockers – supply chain, legal, and technical and solve them

Jump in and ensure the delivery of internal Nuclear Science projects in parallel to external projects

Qualification

Research ExperienceTechnical breadthProject ManagementProven deliveryCommunication

Required

you have a PhD in science or engineering, or equivalent experience delivering impactful research through the scientific lifecycle in an academic or national lab setting

you have the technical skillset to understand projects spanning nuclear science, materials science, chemical engineering, experimental and computational plasma physics, and electrical engineering (pulsed power)

you can talk to scientists and business executives

you can condense information into short memos, understand key information from technical reports, and communicate business value to leaders and executives

you have experience managing multi-year budgets totaling over $1M, regularly reporting progress to stakeholders, driving schedule, and accelerating projects

you have managed multiple projects, keeping an eye on both the big picture and the details

you have brought a product from technological readiness level (TRL) 3 to TRL 6 on an accelerated timeline

Benefits

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

Company

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.

Founded in 2013