What You Will Be Doing:

We are hiring a Director of Production to lead the manufacturing and assembly of Helion’s fusion generators and subscale plasma devices. You will mentor experienced leaders, create strategic plans, and personally accelerate our transition from rapid prototyping to mass generator manufacturing, thus delivering on Helion’s mission of providing clean electricity to the planet. You will report directly to our VP of Engineering at our Everett, WA office.

You Will:

• Directly manage the leaders of Helion’s Machining and Production teams
• Work with Helion’s executive leaders to establish goals for the Production team that align with our strategy, and take full ownership of accomplishing these goals
• Mentor production managers and supervisors on headcount planning, work center design, technician hiring and training, milestones and rate-based goal setting, and performance management
• Build strategic machine shop capabilities (mills, lathes, water jets, dimensional inspection)to promote rapid prototyping, near-term milestone execution, and long-term capability expansion
• Establish partnerships and processes with Engineering and Operations teams to improve the Production team’s success (part tracking, work instructions, scheduling, etc)
• Provide design-for-manufacturability feedback, both on existing hardware to accelerate near-term milestones, and on long-term technology changes to set us up for success
• Improve Helion’s plan for generator mass-production, including incorporating changes based on new generator data, refining factory models, and communicating updates to the executive team

Required Skills:

• Experience managing technical organizations
• Hands-on engineering or production experience in rapid hardware prototyping and iteration, or rate-based, high-volume manufacturing
• Experience leading technical employees with diverse experience levels and backgrounds
• Expertise in cradle-to-grave ownership of complex engineering or production scopes
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience preferred

The pay range for this position is $160k-205k. This pay range may be inclusive of several career levels and will be narrowed based on several factors, including the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

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