Geothermal Innovation Engineer

Brightcore Energy; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Financial Wellness Benefits

Benefit Concierge Program

EAP-Employee Assistance Program

Disability, Life, & AD&D Benefits

Marketplace discounts

Job summary

Brightcore Energy seeks a Mechanical Engineer, Innovation to lead the engineering analysis behind the geothermal innovation roadmap. You will evaluate concepts, prototype, and support go-to-market strategies across multiple items in development, ensuring robust TEA and design throughout the process.

You will collaborate with the Brightcore EDGE monitoring team, design engineering, and business development to translate analyses into PRDs and technical collateral for pilots and scale-up.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years in HVAC, data center design & operation, hydronic, geothermal, or mission-critical mechanical design and analysis.
• Strong grounding in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics; comfort reasoning through equipment performance metrics (COP, EER, approach temperatures, heat transfer rates).
• Working proficiency with energy/load modeling tools (e.g., TRNSYS, EnergyPlus, HAP, or equivalent) and Excel-based engineering models.
• Ability to carry ambiguous concept work — from first-light feasibility through prototype to product requirement — to a defensible, documented result without heavy supervision.
• Fluent with AI tools.
• Ability to do basic coding in Python, or quickly come up the learning curve.

Responsibilities

• Geothermal Innovation Engineering: Design innovative geothermal heating and cooling solutions, evaluating detailed HVAC, fluid flow, and geothermal modeling for novel approaches.
• Technical Feasibility & Concept Development: Evaluate technical feasibility and customer value proposition for new geothermal innovation roadmap items, from first-light concepts through detailed design.
• Prototyping & Experimentation: Lead prototyping efforts spanning desktop TEA models and lab-based physical prototypes to validate new solutions.
• Product Development & Go-to-Market Support: Translate engineering analysis into product requirement documents (PRDs) for engineering, product, and business development teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the BrightcoreEDGE monitoring team, BCE Design engineering, and business development across the innovation pipeline.
• Prepare drawings, calculations, and study drafts for review by licensed professional engineers
• All other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

HVAC design

Geothermal

Fluid dynamics

Heat transfer

Thermodynamics

AI tools

Python coding

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

TRNSYS

EnergyPlus

HAP

Excel

Job description

Brightcore Energy seeks a Mechanical Engineer, Innovation to lead the engineering analysis behind the geothermal innovation roadmap. You will evaluate concepts, prototype, and support go-to-market strategies across multiple items in development, ensuring robust TEA and design throughout the process.

You will collaborate with the Brightcore EDGE monitoring team, design engineering, and business development to translate analyses into PRDs and technical collateral for pilots and scale-up.