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 $600 million from investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group 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).
As we turn up operations for Polaris, which will be the first machine to demonstrate electricity from fusion, it's a great time to join Helion! Together, we can make a future with unlimited clean electricity from fusion a reality.
What You Will Be Doing:
As a People Business Partner at Helion, you’ll be instrumental in driving our mission by aligning our people strategies with business goals. You'll partner closely with leaders to embed and amplify our core values, optimize organizational structure, and foster a culture that empowers employees to perform at their best. Leveraging your deep understanding of the business, you'll identify and address opportunities to strengthen team performance, enhance engagement, and support our ambitious growth. This is an onsite role reporting to the Lead People Business Partner at our Everett, WA headquarters.
You Will:
- Collaborate with teams to provide strategic guidance on key people processes, including employee relations, compensation, compliance, policy, and organizational structure
- Foster strong work relationships, boost team morale, and drive productivity across the company by identifying positive drivers and areas of opportunity to consistently deliver high employee motivation, satisfaction, and engagement
- Identify and address people-related challenges, implementing innovative strategies to overcome them
- Understand business objectives and propose forward-thinking approaches to improve outcomes, enhance productivity, and refine people strategies
- Build partnerships with all People functions, including Talent Acquistion, Learning & Development, and People Operations, to provide seamless support to the business
Required Skills:
- 8+ years of experience in the People space, as a generalist or PBP, concentrated in operations, manufacturing, or production groups
- 2+ years of experience in a Business Partner role
- Comprehensive knowledge of HR disciplines, including compensation, organizational design, employee relations, DEI, performance management, and employment laws
- Proven experience coaching employees across all levels and creating a culture of constructive feedback
- Collaborative leadership style with a focus on driving practical solutions
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Compensation and Benefits
At Helion, we are committed to fostering a fair and equitable environment in every aspect of our operations, including compensation. We ensure all our roles are competitively benchmarked and our total compensation package includes a base salary, comprehensive benefits, and equity grants, giving you a true stake in Helion's success. Final compensation is determined through a holistic evaluation of your experience, qualifications, and our commitment to maintaining internal equity, ensuring fairness and transparency across our teams.
This is an exempt salaried role.
Annual Base Pay
$115,000—$150,000 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
NOTE: Underrepresented people are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the job's requirements. We believe in hiring people, not checklists, and encourage you to apply even if you do not check all of the boxes. If this job isn't the one, we have many other openings that may be a fit.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. If we reach out to you to begin an interview process, we will also ask if you require any reasonable accommodation at that time.
What We Do
Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to enable a future with unlimited clean energy. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable electricity for everyone. Currently, we are scaling up our latest fusion prototype to make our vision a reality.
We’re hiring brilliant scientists, engineers, and builders passionate about developing world-changing technologies. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.
