Senior Materials and Process Engineer

Socket.dev; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainspring Energy in Menlo Park, CA is seeking a Senior Materials and Process Engineer to help scale production of the Linear Generator. You will work on materials selection, testing, and process development across ferrous, non-ferrous, coatings, and polymers.

This role offers cross-functional collaboration with Supply Chain, Quality, Reliability, Design and Production to deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions and deployment in parts and subassemblies.

Responsibilities

• Develop cost effective materials solutions and validate through testing.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Quality, Reliability, Design and Production on cross-functional projects.

Job description

About Mainspring

About Mainspring Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together: Pragmatic Optimism Excellence without Ego Proactive Collaboration

Job Overview

We have a high-impact opportunity for a Senior Materials and Process Engineer who wants to join a world-class engineering team and help scale production of the Linear Generator. The materials and process team at Mainspring Energy works on complex development projects which are at the intersection of properties, performance and processing of a wide range of materials – non ferrous, ferrous, coatings, graphite, polymers etc. In this role, you will develop reliable cost effective materials solutions and manage existing solutions through validation testing, process development and deployment on an actual part/subassembly. This is a great opportunity to be part of cross functional projects and collaborate with multiple teams such as Supply chain, Quality, Reliability, Design and Production.