Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Helion · Everett, WA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 20 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior manufacturing role at Helion (industrial) in Everett, WA.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Assembly lines, Tooling, SolidWorks, CATIA / NX
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Washington: typical posted base $105k–$148k.
Median of the low and high ends of 24 live postings that list pay, out of 41 manufacturing engineer openings in Washington, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 40 other live manufacturing postings in Washington.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Typical $100k–$135k, from 21 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 61%
- Root cause 46%
- Automation 37%
- Lean 29%
- New product launch 29%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Assembly lines, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Helion
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- 2
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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Full description from HelionAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What You Will Be Doing
Helion is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to drive the execution of first-of-a-kind fusion generator assemblies. You will get to own the manufacturing, assembly, and deployment of subsystems for integrated development testbeds and fusion generators. You will work closely with design engineering and production to ensure manufacturability is represented at every stage of the design process. This is an onsite role located at our Everett, WA office.
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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.
You will
- •Own the build and assembly definition and execution for generator subsystems - may include large structures, moving mechanical assemblies, power transmission, vacuum systems, electromagnets, high-voltage capacitor systems, low-voltage harnessing, or radiation shielding
- •Author work instructions for technician teams to support both nominal builds and nonconformance resolution
- •Design and manufacture tooling to enable efficient assembly and installation of generator subsystems
- •Collaborate with production, integration, and engineering teams to develop prototypes and manufacturing demonstrators
- •Drive excellence in configuration management, delivered hardware quality, and pace of execution
- •Be an expert in the lifecycle of a part, from purchase to final assembly, to continually improve low-volume ( Required Skills:
- •Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
- •5+ years of professional experience in manufacturing, assembly, or integration of multidisciplinary hardware
- •Hands-on experience across multiple engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, and fluids
- •Experience working within CAD software to make models and drawings (e.g. NX, Solidworks)
- •Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a build
- •Effective technical communication across functional and organizational levels
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