Lab Systems Mechanical Engineer - Hands-On Integration Lead

Stanford Climate Ventures; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Climate Ventures is seeking a hands-on mechanical engineer to build and integrate our lab and demonstration systems in-house. You will turn concepts and drawings into working hardware on the bench, bridging mechanical, electrical, and materials considerations.

This foundational role emphasizes rigorous, fast system integration, working with a small team to move from lab-scale rigs toward commercial-scale packages, while documenting as-built configurations and contributing to design-lock.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering and hands-on system-building experience.
• Proven ability to integrate complex multi-disciplinary hardware including mechanical, electrical, and materials aspects.
• Practical fabrication and integration skills: tubing, plumbing, and instrumentation.
• Ability to read from drawings and schematics and move quickly in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design, integration, and assembly of lab-scale and demonstration systems and test stands.
• Execute hands‑on build work: tubing and instrumentation fit‑up, skid/chassis integration, gas and process plumbing, mechanical assembly, and routing of instrumentation.
• Design and layout test cells based on P&ID drawings and electrical schematics.
• Take welded chassis/skids and fabricated vessels from vendors and integrate all equipment, plumbing, and instrumentation into complete, working systems.
• Translate process and reactor requirements into mechanical layouts, and capture as‑built configurations as designs mature toward locked, rigorous packages.
• Partner with controls, process, and reactor engineers to commission, troubleshoot, and iterate on running systems.
• Help establish disciplined design‑lock and documentation practices as we move from lab to commercial scale.

Skills

Hands-on build

Systems integration

Tube fitting

Reading drawings

Small-team work

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

Stanford Climate Ventures is seeking a hands-on mechanical engineer to build and integrate our lab and demonstration systems in-house. You will turn concepts and drawings into working hardware on the bench, bridging mechanical, electrical, and materials considerations.

This foundational role emphasizes rigorous, fast system integration, working with a small team to move from lab-scale rigs toward commercial-scale packages, while documenting as-built configurations and contributing to design-lock.