Design Engineer

Plantd

Oxford (NC)

On-site

USD 75,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary + Equity

Comprehensive health insurance for full-time employees

Job summary

A leading construction technology firm in Oxford, NC is seeking an Entry Level Design Engineer to work directly with the leadership team. You will design and build innovative machines for carbon-negative building materials. The position offers a competitive salary and requires collaboration in a fast-paced environment. No prior construction industry experience is mandatory but a passion for problem-solving is essential.

Qualifications

Must possess grit to overcome challenges.
Effective communication skills to share ideas.
Intelligent and capable of first principles thinking.
Alignment with ethical practices.
Commitment to company goals.

Responsibilities

Design and build carbon-sequestering machines.
Test and iterate on machine designs rapidly.
Develop CAD models and engineering documentation.
Integrate designs into efficient machines.

Skills

Grit

Communication

Intelligence

Ethics

Goals

Tools

Welding

CNC milling

Plasma cutting

Soldering

Wiring

Job description

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As a Design engineer at Plantd, you will work directly with the leadership team to build the machines and systems that will disrupt the traditional construction industry. You will design, fabricate, test, and iterate through current and next-generation technologies that will enable full-scale production of modern, carbon-negative building materials, bringing Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials into reality.

Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space designing machines and automated production lines. You will partner with leadership and peers to develop requirements at the system level and will own the creation of CAD models, engineering drawings, and structural analyses for your projects.

Construction or industry experience is not required, we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.

Responsibilities

Construction or industry experience is not required, we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.

Responsibilities

Develop the most efficient carbon-sequestering machines to fix how the world builds things
Understand fundamentals to make sure that you’re fixing things that matter
Design, build and test at a rapid pace so we can move fast
Work with other world-class engineers to integrate your designs into the most efficient machines possible
Adapt to fast-changing inputs, data, specifications, and requirements
Document designs in requirements documentation, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, analyses, specifications, and bill of materials so that we can keep track of all the things you’re fixing
Create detailed component and assembly drawings incorporating an understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups to make sure you don’t make more problems than you fix

Basic Qualifications

Grit - the ability to push through adversity in order to achieve mastery
Communication - the ability share thoughts and ideas effectively
Intelligence - the ability to think on a first principles basis
Ethics - alignment with our critical world views here at Plantd
Goals - alignment with our mission here at Plantd

Desired Skills and Experience

Proficient in the use of first-order calculations for system sizing
Expertise in testing and infrastructure development
Experience communicating engineering requirements and drawings to production technicians or machine shops
Hands-on fabrication experience: Welding, CNC milling and lathe, plasma cutting, soldering, and wiring

Additional Requirements