Tool Room Technician, Machine Shop

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.

Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised over $1 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors SoftBank and Lightspeed to propel us forward. Our last prototype, Trenta, completed 10,000 high-power pulses and reached plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV). We are now operating Polaris, our next prototype on the path to the world's first fusion power plant.

This is a pivotal time to join Helion. You will tackle real-world challenges with a team that prizes urgency, rigor, ownership, and a commitment to delivering hard truths – values essential to achieving what no one has before. Together, we will change the future of energy, because the world can't wait.

What You Will Be Doing

The Tool Room Technician ensures the machine shop's cutting and Workholding tools are expertly managed, ensuring productive daily operations. Your primary responsibility will be to purchase, setup, preset, and manage inventory of necessary cutting tools, cutting tool assemblies, and custom and standard Workholding. You will work with Machinists, Engineering, and Supply Chain to uphold standards to ensure efficient operations and rapid deployment of fusion generators. You will report directly to the Machine Shop Manager at our Everett location.

You Will

• Build cutting tool and Workholding packages based on tool lists

• Source and purchase necessary cutting tools, cutting tool holders and accessories, and standardized Workholding

• Organize high quantities of different cutting tools and Workholding for traceability and rapid deployment to machining assets

• Administer vendor managed inventory (VMI)

• Preset cutting tool assemblies using a Zoller tool setter, using RFID for preset data transfer

• Digitally build and manage cutting tool assemblies in the tool management system (TMS)

Required Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent

• 3+ years' experience in machine shop, tooling management environment

• 3+ years experience operating and programming CNC tool presetters (preferably Zoller – Haimer also applicable)

• Experience using software-based tool management systems (preferably Zoller – Wintool, TDM, and CribMaster also applicable)

• Experience managing RFID tracked cutting tool assemblies

• Read and interpret technical drawings and specifications for mechanical and electromechanical parts

• Experience with industry machining standards, regulations, and techniques

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Total Compensation and Benefits

Helion's compensation package includes a competitively benchmarked base salary, meaningful equity grants, and comprehensive benefits. Final compensation is determined through a holistic evaluation of your experience, qualifications, and our commitment to internal equity - ensuring fairness and transparency across our teams. We are committed to fostering a fair and equitable environment in every aspect of our operations, including compensation.

This is a non-exempt hourly role.

Hourly Pay Rate
$32—$40 USD

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

Helion is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.