About the role
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 $1.5 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others to propel us forward. Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion.
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:
Helion is hiring a Computational Plasma Scientist to support MHD modeling and simulation efforts for Helion’s fusion generators. In this role, you will run, analyze, and interpret simulations using Helion’s internal MHD code to help evaluate FRC dynamics, circuit response, magnetic loads, and related plasma behavior. You will work closely with scientists and engineers across plasma physics, electrical systems, magnetics, controls, and structural mechanics to translate simulation results into useful technical insight. This position reports to the Manager of Computational Science at our Everett, WA office.
You Will:
- Run Helion’s internal MHD code to simulate FRC dynamics across defined simulation conditions, from initial setup through post-processing and analysis of results
- Support calculations of FRC dynamics, circuit response, and magnetic loads to inform the development of Helion’s fusion generators