Senior Package R&D Technician

Mainspringenergy; Edison (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainspring Energy is seeking a Package R&D Technician to join our fabrication and prototype build team in California. The role focuses on building components and assemblies that comprise our generator enclosures, collaborating with engineers to refine parts for manufacturability and reliability.

You will work with a fast-paced test and build team, identify safety and productivity improvements, and require a minimum of seven years of metal fabrication and mechanical assembly experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience with mechanical assembly and/or repair, including experience with metal fabrication; cutting, grinding, and drilling required. Welding experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability and certification to use a forklift
• Ability to learn quickly, be self-motivated and safety oriented
• Cands must be able to stand for long periods of time, lift up to 50 lbs., and wear required PPE

Responsibilities

• Build components and assemblies that make up our generator enclosures, install components and modify parts as needed for new prototype builds and to support production builds.
• Collaborate with engineers to fix, repair, and redesign components and assemblies focusing on manufacturability and reliability in order to meet the testing and qualification schedule of new designs.
• Work with a quick-learning build and test team to support ongoing testing and retrofits
• Identify opportunities to improve safety and productivity in the build process

Skills

Mechanical assembly

Metal fabrication

Repair

Forklift certification

Job description

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

The Package R&D Technician will be someone with a solid baseline of experience in fabrication and assembly. They will have had experience in an R&D environment where work instruction may not be fully defined and collaboration with engineers is required to achieve the goals of a prototype build. They will be flexible and team oriented, helping their colleagues where needed to build and learn our product as new designs come out.

• Build components and assemblies that make up our generator enclosures, install components and modify parts as needed for new prototype builds and to support production builds.
• Collaborate with engineers to fix, repair, and redesign components and assemblies focusing on manufacturability and reliability in order to meet the testing and qualification schedule of new designs.
• Work with a quick-learning build and test team to support ongoing testing and retrofits
• Identify opportunities to improve safety and productivity in the build process

• Minimum of 7 years of experience with mechanical assembly and/or repair, including experience with metal fabrication; cutting, grinding, and drilling required. Welding experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability and certification to use a forklift
• Ability to learn quickly, be self-motivated and safety oriented
• Candidates must be able to stand for long periods of time, lift up to 50 lbs., and wear required PPE

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.