Materials Engineer

Stone Power Technologies Inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above market cash compensation

Equity in a fast-growing company

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Stone Power Technologies Inc in Los Angeles is seeking a Materials Engineer to design and develop manufacturing processes for natural gas power plant components. You will solve challenges from forging press sizing to casting specifications, ensuring hardware can be delivered to fielded systems.

You will own the system from concept to field, perform material tests, and collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers. The role requires delivering hardware and adhering to industry codes.

Qualifications

• Must have designed and delivered hardware before.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering field.
• Experience designing materials process and manufacturing machine selection.
• Experience performing metallurgical analysis to identify manufacturing method improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing method concept to parts in the field.
• Conduct trade studies to down select the best solution to the product requirements.
• Develop material processes that meet product requirements.
• Select proper materials for the solution including economics.
• Perform detailed analysis of material properties, manufacturing methods, and thermal fatigue lifting.
• Develop manufacturing methods including managing internal production teams and outside suppliers.
• Manage the system or component development by tracking schedule, economics, and risks.
• Facilitate strong communication of your system or component to the organization.

Skills

Hardware delivery

Manufacturing process design

Material properties analysis

Thermal analysis

Trade studies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Materials/Mechanical/Chemical/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Friction welding equipment

Forging equipment

Casting equipment

Job description

About Stone Power

The US needs 1.5 terawatts of new power by 2035. AI has scaled beyond our ability to build power, and the existing power supply chain is the bottleneck. You cannot buy a new gas turbine until 2030: order books at GE, Siemens, and Mitsubishi stretch past 2030. Turbine prices have nearly tripled since 2019. The future demands a new kind of hardware company, building a new kind of turbine. That’s Stone.

We are America’s Turbine Company, designing, fabricating, and deploying turbines for a $200B+ market that’s tripling by the early 2030s. We are building our own factories. We are delivering our own natural gas, steam, and advanced turbines. And we are doing it with an AI stack built specifically for hardware.

Natural gas turbines are the first leaf on a multi-decade tech tree. The same physics kernel, the same factory, and the same team will deliver natural gas turbines, nuclear turbines, geothermal turbines, and heat recovery systems. Nat gas is how we get going. Nuclear (on and off planet) is how we become a generational company.

Job Description

This role as a Materials Engineer focuses on the design and development of various manufacturing processes for use in a natural gas power plant. You will solve challenges such as sizing a forging press, writing and enforcing casting specifications, validating material properties, running material testing programs, and researching advanced welding methods.

Key responsibilities include manufacturing process design, material selection, and thermal analysis, manufacturing development, and testing. The Materials Engineer role is a responsible engineer (RE) that will be the primary owner of their system or process with responsibility from concept to performance in the field.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of a Manufacturing method from concept to parts in the field.

• Conduct trade studies to down select the best solution to the product requirements.

• Develop material processes that meet product requirements.

• Select proper materials for the solution that meet requirements including economics.

• Perform detailed analysis of material properties, manufacturing methods, and thermal fatigue lifting.

• Develop manufacturing methods including managing internal production teams and outside suppliers.

• Manage the system or component development by tracking schedule, economics, and risks.

• Facilitate strong communication of your system or component to the organization.

Basic Qualifications

• MUST HAVE MADE AND DELIVERED HARDWARE BEFORE. Everyone at Stone has pushed hardware. It’s in our blood.

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials, Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering (or similar)

• Experience designing materials process and manufacturing machine selection (level based on years of experience).

• Experience performing metallurgical analysis to identify manufacturing method improvements (level based on years of experience)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in friction welding, forging and/or casting of steels and superalloys.

• Experience with turbine and compressor development.

• Experience with high temperature material selection and property measurement

• Experience performing material trade studies.

• Experience performing manufacturing process development from nothing.

• Experience in material selection with a focus on steels and superalloys.

• Working knowledge of ASME, BPVC, API, and other professional codes.

• Experience in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to enthusiastically accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints

Compensation & Benefits

• Above market cash compensation

• Equity in a fast-growing company

• Pride and glory in building a LOT of hardware that will power AI, manufacturing, cities, and speed up nuclear adoption

• Best in class health insurance, dental, vision

• 401(k)

Stone Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.