Director of Engineering

Enexor Energy; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Health insurance stipend

Paid vacation and holidays

Equity stake in the company

Job summary

Enexor Energy, located in Franklin, TN, is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the engineering team in developing cutting-edge waste-to-energy and carbon capture systems. This role involves strategic oversight of engineering processes, product development, and collaboration with the executive team. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of engineering experience, including leadership roles, and a strong background in mechanical engineering. Enexor is committed to solving real-world energy and emission challenges while fostering a culture of innovation and ownership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ in technical leadership or management roles.
• Proven success developing complex mechanical or thermal systems, ideally in energy, emissions, or industrial environments.
• Hands-on experience with pressure vessels, piping, or structural systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a mechanical, electrical, and controls engineering team.
• Drive end-to-end product development from concept to deployment.
• Guide engineering trade-offs with strong first-principles thinking.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering expertise

Engineering leadership

Complex system development

CAD proficiency (Inventor)

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

CAD (Inventor)

Simulation (FEA/CFD)

Job description

Overview

Build the Future of Carbon Conversion & Renewable Energy
Location: Franklin, TN (On-Site). Type: Full-Time. Seniority: Director / Leadership.

Join Enexor BioEnergy. Enexor is a venture-backed, early-stage climate tech company just outside of Nashville, TN, developing distributed systems that turn organic and plastic waste into clean energy and high-purity CO₂. We are reimagining how the world addresses emissions, waste, and energy access—one modular system at a time. We're not just solving problems. We're redefining what's possible at the intersection of engineering, energy, and sustainability.

Why This Role Matters

We're seeking a Director of Engineering to lead and scale our multidisciplinary engineering team as we develop, build, and deploy the next generation of our waste-to-energy and carbon capture systems. You'll be both strategist and builder—setting the engineering vision, managing execution, and rolling up your sleeves to help solve complex hardware challenges.

This is a critical leadership role reporting directly to the CEO. You will own the engineering organization while collaborating across product development, fabrication, and field deployment to take ideas from whiteboard to world-changing systems.

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow a world-class mechanical, electrical, and controls engineering team
• Drive end-to-end product development—from concept to CAD, DFM, fabrication, commissioning, and continuous improvement
• Build scalable engineering processes that support rapid prototyping and high-reliability deployment
• Own technical architecture decisions and cross-functional integration across subsystems (combustion, thermal, gas separation, pressure, controls)
• Guide engineering trade-offs with strong first-principles thinking and cost-performance analysis
• Partner with the CEO and executive team on strategic initiatives, resource planning, and technical hiring
• Instill a culture of ownership, urgency, and innovation in everything you build

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field; deep hardware/system experience required
• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ in technical leadership or management roles
• Proven success developing complex mechanical or thermal systems—ideally in energy, emissions, or industrial environments
• Hands-on experience with pressure vessels, piping, structural systems, heat transfer, or adsorption tech is a major plus
• Strong grasp of CAD (Inventor), simulation (FEA/CFD and other Process Modeling), and manufacturing workflows
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats: player-coach, mentor, problem-solver, and executor
• Bonus: Familiarity with modular product design, automation, or containerized systems

Benefits

Why You'll Love It Here

• Mission with urgency: You'll help solve real-world energy and emissions problems with technology that scales
• No red tape: Fast decisions, flat org, and deep ownership
• Equity upside: This is an early-stage leadership opportunity with real skin in the game
• True engineering culture: We build, we test, we fix, we deploy

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity stake in a fast-growing climate tech company
• 401(k) plan and health insurance stipend (QSEHRA)
• Paid vacation and holidays

Ready to Lead?

Send your resume and a brief note about your background to [e-mail]. We're especially interested in candidates who have led teams building high-performance energy systems, carbon capture, or other hard-tech infrastructure.