Location: Pittsburgh Area (or ability for frequent travel)
Role Description
The Advanced Product Development team is a multidisciplinary group, focused on delivering designs for the next generation of utility-scale multi-day energy storage system. The team does early-phase engineering to evaluate alternative concepts and choose the best design path to meet operational performance targets, at cost and with high reliability, from controlled processes on high-volume manufacturing lines.
We're seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in designing components for our iron-air batteries! You'll bring components and assemblies from concept to into mass production, with a strong emphasis on design for manufacturing and assembly. As a problem solver, you'll creatively tackle mechanical design challenges and apply your knowledge of designing plastic and metal components for mass production. You'll work cross-functionally with teams on requirements definition, verification plans, and failure analysis to deliver a design that meets those requirements. Troubleshooting design problems as they arise and working to implement improvements will also be a part of your responsibilities. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of scaling our multi-day energy storage system and contributing to a sustainable future.
What you'll do:
- Create white-page designs that will be the foundation of Gen 2 product
- Perform hands-on prototyping of designs and collaborate with broader teams to build integrated prototypes
- Work with consulting companies, vendors, manufacturing engineers, and technical operations to transition designs from the prototype stage to high volume production
- Run and analyze trials to inform specs and future design direction
- Release designs consistent with company and team best practices (drawings, tolerance analysis, etc)
- Drive verification testing of your design work
Requirements:
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 8+ years of industry experience in mechanical design
- Proficiency in computer-aided design (CAD), specifically SolidWorks modeling and drafting
- Proficient in component design for mass manufacturing and assembly (DFMA), especially metal and injection molded plastic components
- Proficient with prototyping techniques and working in a machine shop environment
- Familiarity with mechanical verification testing