Talent Coordinator

Become a Talent Coordinator at Helion Energy in Everett, USA. Shape the candidate experience by managing interview logistics and ensuring a smooth process. Enjoy a competitive salary, equity grants, and comprehensive benefits, including medical coverage and a 401(k) plan. This is a 6-month contract role with potential for renewal. Join Helion Energy as a Talent Coordinator in Everett, USA, and help shape the candidate experience for a pioneering fusion power company. You'll manage interview logistics, ensuring a smooth process for engineers focused on clean energy solutions. This role offers a competitive salary, equity grants, and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with a 401(k) plan. This is a 6-month contract with the opportunity for renewal.

Helion Energy Everett, United States On-site Contract Position USD 33 per hour UTC-07:00

Helion Energy

Company Overview

Name

Helion Energy

Headquarters

Everett, WA, United States

Founded

2013

Size

Approximately 350 employees (source: linkedin.com). No public revenue figures disclosed as the company is pre-commercialization.

What They Do

Helion Energy is a pioneering private fusion energy company that specializes in magneto-inertial fusion (MIF) technology. This innovative approach combines magnetic confinement for stability with inertial confinement for heating, enabling controlled fusion reactions that utilize deuterium from water and self-generated helium-3 in a closed-fuel cycle. This technology allows for direct electricity generation without the need for steam turbines, significantly enhancing efficiency (source: tsginvest.com). The company’s flagship product, the Fusion Engine, includes notable prototypes such as Trenta, which became the first private company to achieve a fuel temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius, and the seventh-generation Polaris, which aims to demonstrate net electricity generation from fusion (source: nucnet.org). Helion targets high-demand sectors, particularly tech data centers, and has secured over 50 industrial clients, focusing on long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) rather than hardware sales (source: vizologi.com). The company differentiates itself through its compact design, aneutronic fusion for low radioactivity, and a faster commercialization timeline compared to competitors like Commonwealth Fusion Systems (source: equityzen.com).

Projects & Track Record

While Helion Energy has not yet completed any fully commercial projects, it has made significant strides with its prototypes, Trenta and Polaris, the latter of which is operational and aims to demonstrate net electricity generation from fusion (source: tsginvest.com). The company is currently focused on the Orion fusion power plant, a 50 MW facility under construction in Chelan County, Washington, which is expected to connect to the grid by 2028. This plant will supply power to Microsoft data centers through the state's primary power networks after a one-year ramp-up period (source: nucnet.org). Helion's client base includes Microsoft, with whom they announced the world's first fusion PPA in May 2023, and they have expressed interest from other major players like OpenAI's Sam Altman for large power purchases (source: equityzen.com). The company’s geographic presence is primarily in Washington state, with future expansion linked to the Orion project and potential data center grids (source: tsginvest.com).

Recent Developments

In the past two years, Helion Energy has made notable advancements, including the announcement of a 50 MW power purchase agreement with Microsoft in May 2023 (source: equityzen.com). The company began site work on the Orion plant in Chelan County in 2025, marking a significant step towards its goal of commercial fusion energy (source: nucnet.org). Additionally, Helion raised $425 million in a Series F funding round in January 2025, achieving a valuation of $5.4 billion and bringing its total funding to over $1 billion (source: tsginvest.com). Recent milestones also include a behind-the-scenes tour of the Polaris prototype and progress towards manufacturing fusion power at scale, with the fusion market projected to reach $572.75 billion by 2032 (source: equityzen.com).

Working There

Helion Energy offers a variety of roles across research and development, engineering, plasma physics, manufacturing, and leadership positions, including scientists and executives. Departments focus on critical areas such as accelerator development, E-BEAM optics, and laboratory operations (source: vizologi.com). The company is headquartered in Everett, WA, where open positions are listed, although no current jobs were shown on Y Combinator as of the latest data. The culture at Helion emphasizes rapid iteration and a transition from academic research to commercialization, fostering a team of experts in a high-stakes environment as they work towards the 2028 deployment of their fusion technology (source: tsginvest.com). While specific employee benefits are not detailed in available sources, the private nature of the company and its substantial funding suggest competitive perks typical of tech-sector startups in Washington's innovation ecosystem (source: aceventurefunds.com).

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Job Description

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 $1 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors SoftBank and Lightspeed 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). We are now operating Polaris, our next prototype on the path to the world's first fusion power plant.

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

You will shape the candidate experience, ensuring interviews run with urgency, rigor, and impact. You'll be part of a team that keeps interviewing on track so engineers can build the technology that will enable a future with unlimited clean energy. You will report to the Talent Operations Manager, and this is an onsite role at our Everett, WA office. This is a 6-month contract with the opportunity for renewal.

You Will

Own end-to-end interview scheduling, from virtual phone screens to complex onsite loops
Manage logistics for candidate travel, onsite interviews, lunch orders, presentation set up and recruiter/hiring manager coordination
Monitor recruiting SLAs for scheduling speed and accuracy, enforce workflow with recruiters and hiring teams
Work closely with hiring teams to anticipate and resolve calendar conflicts
Draft and send candidate communications, ensuring clear expectations and a professional experience
Maintain focus and accuracy in dynamic settings, turning recurring challenges into opportunities to refine workflows
Own administrative work such as candidate travel reimbursement and receipt reconciliation

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree in psychology, HR or related field
6-12 months as a recruiting coordinator or equivalent role with high-volume scheduling and attention to detail
Experience maintaining candidate records in an ATS and meeting scheduling SLAs (Greenhouse or Ashby ideal)
Understanding of recruiting processes and best practices
Uses critical thinking to unblock competing scheduling and calendar priorities
Delivers in dynamic environments

Total Compensation and Benefits

Helion's compensation package includes a competitively benchmarked base salary, meaningful equity grants, and comprehensive benefits. Final compensation is determined through a holistic evaluation of your experience, qualifications, and our commitment to internal equity - ensuring fairness and transparency across our teams. We are committed to fostering a fair and equitable environment in every aspect of our operations, including compensation.

This is a non-exempt hourly role.

Hourly Pay Rate

$33 - $33 USD

Benefits

Our staffing partner provides a comprehensive benefits package to support our contractors' health, well-being, and financial future. You'll receive weekly pay, along with access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan. Additional resources include health advocacy, employee assistance programs, and exclusive discounts. As a contractor, you'll be an integral part of our team, while officially employed by our staffing agency, which will manage all payroll and benefits.

Helion is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.