Helion is looking to solve the problem of building the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience writing scripts to analyze data using Python, MATLAB, C++, or a similar language. Techniques include vectorization, reading/writing data files in loops, and version control using tools such as SVN or git repositories
- Experience solving multivariate optimization problems using methods such as gradient descent or genetic algorithms
- Experience building neural networks to predict outputs from simulation inputs or to process noisy diagnostic data
- Hands-on experience analyzing diagnostic data or running plasma simulation codes
- Diagnostic data experience includes: processing signals from digitizers/oscilloscopes, performing data cleaning (e.g., pile-up rejection), and deriving physical insights
- Plasma code experience including: running MHD or PIC codes, modifying input files, operating in Linux environments, and analyzing raw outputs to extract plasma parameters
Responsibilities
- Develop neural nets to predict plasma simulation outputs from inputs. Adapt such neural nets to be training tools for new operators to develop intuition on FRC formation and translation
- Write algorithms to extract information from noisy diagnostic data. E.g., recover individual pulse information from piled-up signals
- Perform multivariate optimizations as part of design processes and data analysis. E.g., optimize machine operating settings, machine architecture trades, or shield designs parameters
- Operate and analyze nuclear and plasma diagnostics on test beds and Helion's fusion systems: Polaris and Orion
- Run and analyze MHD or PIC plasma simulation codes
Other
- Master's degree in nuclear engineering, plasma physics, or equivalent experience documented by a presentation at a technical conference
- 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
- Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
