Health Physicist

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).

Now we are working toward Polaris, which will be the first machine to demonstrate electricity from fusion, making this a great time to join Helion! Bring your skills, experiences, and determination to make a difference in the world. Together, we can make a future with unlimited clean electricity from fusion a reality.

What You Will Be Doing

We are looking for a Health Physicist to work with radiation, radioactive materials, radiation survey equipment, and team members unfamiliar with these subjects as we build Polaris and future fusion generators. You will be part of our Radiation Safety and Nuclear Science (RaSNS) team. The RaSNS team includes radiation safety, nuclear engineering, and materials engineering contingents. As part of the radiation safety contingent of RaSNS, you will interact with all teams at Helion and work directly with many partner teams. Popular partner teams include (but are not limited to) our Test Operations, Research, Engineering, and Production teams. You will report to our Health Physics Lead at our Everett, WA office.

You Will

• Complete Radiation Safety team to create, establish, and execute a radiation safety program that is both comprehensive and efficient
• Uphold and apply the principles of ALARA
• Work with radiation and radioactive material including photons, neutrons, tritium, and activated material
• Work with survey equipment including liquid scintillation counters, NaI detectors, HPGe detectors, Geiger counters, and ion chambers
• Work with a team to perform typical health physicist functions such as dosimetry, leak tests, wipe tests, general surveying, and preparing operating procedures
• Communicate with team members who are unfamiliar with radiation and health effects

Required Skills

• Bachelor's or equivalent expertise in related disciplines (e.g., nuclear engineering, physics)
• 2+ years of hands-on work with radioactive material
• Fundamental understanding of types of radiation and their relative health effects
• Education in applying understand of radiation for the purpose of radiation protection

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

$85,000 - $129,000 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)
• 13 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.