What You Will Be Doing
We are hiring a Director of Capacitor Production to lead the multi-year scale-up of Helion’s capacitor manufacturing organization. In this role, you will take an existing, fast-growing production team and expand it to high-volume operations that can support Helion’s transition to generator mass manufacturing. You will play a central role in shaping the production organization and how Helion builds capacitors at scale – owning organizational growth, production strategy, and deep technical alignment with manufacturing and design engineering.
This role is forward-looking and highly influential. You will work closely with senior and executive leadership to plan and execute a multi-year factory ramp, while remaining deeply engaged in the technical details that enable step-change improvements in manufacturability. You will report to the Director of Capacitor Manufacturing and be based onsite at our Everett, WA facility.
You Will
- Lead and scale the capacitor production organization through a period of rapid growth, expanding the team to support a brand new factory and significantly increased production rates
- Own the strategic hiring and organizational plan for capacitor production, including technicians, supervisors, production managers, and supporting roles that aligns with the company’s multi-year roadmap
- Manage and mentor production managers, enabling them to build strong frontline organizations that can execute day-to-day production and enable longer-term scaling
- Partner closely with Manufacturing Engineering to translate equipment capability, process constraints, and factory layouts into realistic production plans and staffing models
- Work with Design Engineering to drive hardware and process changes that improve manufacturability, reliability, and scalability of capacitor bank hardware
- Influence and refine the enterprise-level tools used throughout the factory that monitor and enable safety, delivery, quality and cost metrics
- Serve as a senior leader within the manufacturing organization, collaborating regularly with Supply Chain, Engineering, Facilities, HR, EHS and other functions to enable factory expansion, workforce growth, and sustainable operations
- Build a production organization that is excellent at execution, operational discipline, and problem-solving, while ensuring systems, structure, and leadership depth to address chronic firefighting
- Communicate plans, progress, and risks clearly to senior and executive leadership, influencing decisions that shape Helion’s long-term manufacturing strategy
Required Skills
- 5+ years experience leading large multi-shift operations or in plant management
- Proven ability to lead managers and develop leadership depth within an organization
- Demonstrated success building teams, processes, and organizational structure in fast-growing or early-stage manufacturing operations
- Experience scaling from manual to automation production environments.
- Strong technical depth in manufacturing, with the ability to engage directly in equipment capability, process design, and production tradeoffs
- Experience partnering closely with manufacturing engineering and design engineering to enable high-volume production
- Experience operating in both mature, high-volume manufacturing environments and startup or rapid-growth organizations
- Background in discrete manufacturing
- Experience balancing near-term execution with long-term, multi-year scaling strategy
- Experience standing up new factories or major production expansions