A Helios Expert is a manufacturing professional who offers knowledge, troubleshooting support, consulting, mentoring, training, or project-based help to companies and other users on the platform.

Experts may include machinists, CNC programmers, manufacturing engineers, maintenance specialists, tooling experts, quality professionals, lean practitioners, automation specialists, consultants, trainers, and retired industry professionals.

To learn more, visit the Helios Expert Portal guide .

Anyone with relevant manufacturing knowledge, technical experience, or industry capability may create an Expert profile. This includes active professionals, independent consultants, retired experts, part-time specialists, trainers, and experienced shop-floor practitioners.

Experts may earn by offering manufacturing-related services such as Quick Tasks, Gigs, consulting, mentoring, training, technical reviews, troubleshooting, documentation support, process improvement, and other approved services.

Companies may find Experts through search, profile keywords, service listings, recommendations, content posts, ratings, reviews, or direct inquiries. A complete and accurate profile improves your visibility and helps companies understand your expertise.

Experts may get paid through Helios-supported payment flows, depending on the type of service, payment setup, and available platform functionality. Payment timing may depend on completion status, client approval, payment processing, and any applicable review or dispute period.

Any applicable platform, transaction, service, or processing fees should be disclosed before payment or payout.

Ownership depends on the agreement between the Expert and the company. Both parties should define intellectual property ownership before work begins, especially for designs, drawings, documents, templates, processes, code, or technical recommendations.

Only if you have permission to share them. Do not post confidential, proprietary, customer-owned, export-controlled, or sensitive manufacturing information without proper authorization.

When sharing examples, remove confidential details and make sure the content does not violate any client agreement, employer policy, or intellectual property rights.

Start by communicating with the company and documenting the issue clearly. If the matter is not resolved, use the Helios support or dispute process where available.

Helpful evidence may include messages, agreed scope, files, screenshots, submitted deliverables, revision history, payment records, and any other relevant documentation.