Senior Multiphysics Simulation Engineer

About the Company

Helion is 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. Since 2013, Helion has raised $1.5 billion from prominent investors to propel the development of fusion energy prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Enhance analysis workflows for critical structures such as electromagnets
• Run transient multiphysics finite-element models to generate margins for critical designs
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to improve hardware designs
• Build software tools to automate analysis workflows for engineers and scientists
• Expand skillset into electrical and thermal analysis through collaboration with in-house experts

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on engineering experience
• Strong background in analytical, computational, and numerical simulation methods
• Expert level understanding of electromagnetic and thermal finite element modeling
• Experience with multiphysics finite-element analysis tools such as COMSOL, ANSYS, or equivalent
• Proficiency with programming environments like Matlab or Python for scripting and data analysis
• Experience taking complex analysis problems from formulation through hardware testing and model correlation
• Familiarity with semiconductor physics, solid mechanics, and structural dynamics
• Familiarity with Slurm or other high-performance computer cluster (HPC) batch schedulers

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and 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 (up to 16 weeks)
• Annual wellness stipend