We Started
in
Space.
Careers · Helix Earth™
NASA-born tech for the air we share
NASA-born tech for the air we share
Come help
us Fix Earth.
Careers · Helix Earth™
NASA-born tech for the air we share
NASA-born tech for the air we share
Our Story
Helix Earth Technologies
Founded 2022 · Houston, TX
Founded 2022 · Houston, TX
The technology at the heart of everything we do was developed at NASA. Not inspired by space. Not
metaphorically reaching for the stars. Actually built at one of the most demanding R&D environments in human
history, where the air inside a spacecraft has to be perfectly controlled because there is no margin for error
and no window to crack open.
When Dr. Rawand Rasheed brought that technology back to Earth, the question was
not whether it worked. The question was: who else needs this? It turns out the answer is everyone. The
buildings we work in, the
warehouses storing our food, the hospitals treating our sick, the factories building our future all have the
same problem.
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Mission Brief
How We
Operate
NASA discipline · real-world air · small team, outsized stakes.
Mission Control Thinking
At NASA, there is no such thing as a small problem. A loose seal, a miscalculation, an assumption left unchecked can cascade into something catastrophic. The culture is one of radical ownership, precise communication, and an almost obsessive commitment to getting it right. We carry that here.
It does not mean we are slow or bureaucratic. It means we do not guess when we can know, we do not assume when we can confirm, and we do not let a problem sit because it belongs to someone else's lane. When we see something off, we say something.
It does not mean we are slow or bureaucratic. It means we do not guess when we can know, we do not assume when we can confirm, and we do not let a problem sit because it belongs to someone else's lane. When we see something off, we say something.
The Air We Make
Our mission is to advance the industrial and liquid-gas chemical processes that save energy, clean air, and support life for a better future.
That is not marketing language. It is the literal description of what our technology does. The Helix MICRA™ filter removes moisture from air streams at a level of precision that was previously only possible in controlled aerospace environments. We are now deploying that at commercial scale, in the places where people live and work every day.
Every person on this team is part of making that real. Not just the engineers. Not just the sales team. Everyone who moves this company forward contributes to the air quality of the spaces we touch.
Remember that when the work feels routine. It is not.
Every person on this team is part of making that real. Not just the engineers. Not just the sales team. Everyone who moves this company forward contributes to the air quality of the spaces we touch.
Remember that when the work feels routine. It is not.
Small Team, Serious Mission
We are not a large company. We are a small team working on a problem that matters at a global scale. That combination is both a privilege and a responsibility.
The privilege is that our work is visible, our impact is direct, and our voice carries weight in decisions that actually matter. There is no layer of management between us and the outcome. We can see the thing we built, the deal we closed, the system we designed, doing its job in the world.
The privilege is that our work is visible, our impact is direct, and our voice carries weight in decisions that actually matter. There is no layer of management between us and the outcome. We can see the thing we built, the deal we closed, the system we designed, doing its job in the world.
Mission Control Thinking
Mission Brief
Own it · communicate · close the loop
The Air We Make
Mission Brief
MICRA™ · aerospace-grade dehumidification, commercial scale
Small Team, Serious Mission
Mission Brief
Direct impact · no passengers
Liftoff & Traction
Where We're Going
$200MM+ LOIs · manufacturing · field testing
Platform, Not a Product
Where We're Going
AC now · gases, separation, emissionsplatform play
NASA roots · mission mindset · one crew ·
NASA roots · mission mindset · one crew ·
How We Work
Flight
Rules
Own your lane · candor · precision · one crew.
Owners,
Not Passengers
We do not manage people by telling them what to do and checking that they did it. We give people context, resources, and trust, and we expect them to operate like owners of their domain.
Honest
Over Comfortable
The most respectful thing we can do for a colleague is tell them the truth. Not the softened version, not the version that avoids conflict. The actual truth, delivered with care.
Move with
Precision
Speed matters in a startup. But reckless speed creates drag. Wrong hires, bad decisions, technical debt, trust deficits. We aim for the combination that aerospace engineers would recognize: move as fast as the work allows, and no faster.
One
Crew
We have functional areas: engineering, product, operations, sales, manufacturing. But we do not have functional silos. The work flows across all of them, and so does the accountability.
Know Before
You Launch
We say this not to filter people out, but because we think clarity upfront is more respectful than surprises later.
Helix Earth tends to be a great fit for people who want their work to matter, who are energized by ambiguity, who want to be part of building something from early stage to scale, and who can operate with high autonomy and hold themselves accountable.
Helix Earth tends to be a great fit for people who want their work to matter, who are energized by ambiguity, who want to be part of building something from early stage to scale, and who can operate with high autonomy and hold themselves accountable.
Fit
Know Before
You Launch
Up-front clarity beats surprises later.
"A strong fit if you want impact, can handle ambiguity, and hold yourself
accountable in an early-stage build. Less so if you need a rigid playbook or a
narrow job descriptionand that is fine."
Helix Earth
"We hire people who would rather matter than be comfortable."
Mission Brief
"If that sounds like you, we would love to talk. Joining now means
helping lay the foundation others will build on later."
Careers
Behaviors we reward
The Crew
Code
What we actually reward and look fornot slide filler.
Ownership
It is ours, we do not wait to be asked; we finish.
Crew Code
Honesty
Straight talk, early flags, real feedback.
Crew Code
Precision
Know, do not guess. Close the loop on what matters.
Crew Code
Curiosity
Ask why, understand the system, improve it.
Crew Code
Resilience
When plans slip, we adapt and stay upright.
Crew Code
Respect
People, mission, the air we improvedecency always.
Crew Code
NASA License
Developed by Dr. Rawand Rasheed at NASA · exclusive license
Provenance
Founded 2022
Rice + NASA spinout, 2022 · Houston, TX
Helix Earth
Next chapter
Liftoff Is Just
the Beginning
Helix Earth spun out of Rice University and NASA in 2022 with a technology, a license, and a mission. Since then, we have signed over $200MM in LOIs, reached commercial scale, confirmed our manufacturing partner, and begun field testing. This is real traction, but it is only the start. We are building a platform with applications far beyond the $150B air conditioning market, and joining now means helping lay the foundation while it is still early.