The Role: Engineering at Scale
As a Level III Engineer, you aren’t just making tweaks to existing designs; you are owning the engineering lifecycle for complex, multi-million dollar projects. You will design massive, high-torque systems involving heat transfer, material science, and advanced automation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Custom Machine Design: Lead the design and development of custom food processing equipment (cookers, mixers, and material handling) using SolidWorks.
- Technical Analysis: Perform FEA (Finite Element Analysis), thermal calculations, and fluid dynamics modeling to ensure structural integrity and performance.
- Project Leadership: Serve as the technical lead on large-scale projects, coordinating between sales, fabrication, and automation to ensure "on-time" delivery.
- Sanitary Innovation: Apply hygienic design principles (3-A, USDA, EHEDG) to ensure equipment is safe for global food production.
- Manufacturing Support: Collaborate directly with our on-site fabrication shop to optimize designs for manufacturability (DFM).
- Experience: 8+ years of mechanical engineering experience, preferably in heavy machinery, industrial equipment, or food/pharma manufacturing.
- Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) required; MSME or PE license is a plus.
- Software Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in SolidWorks and PDM systems.
- Specialized Knowledge: Strong understanding of thermodynamics, power transmission (motors/gearboxes), and stainless-steel fabrication.
- Communication: Ability to present complex technical concepts to both internal teams and global customers.
We offer the stability of an established company with the agility of a custom design-built firm.
- Direct Impact: Watch your designs move from the screen to the shop floor and eventually to global food facilities.
- 100% Paid Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision premiums for the employee are 100% company paid.
- Financial Growth: 401(k) with 4% company match after 6 months of employment.
- Work-Life Balance: Generous PTO (5.66 hours accrued per pay period) and a collaborative, professional culture.
- Pay Range: $116,200 – $127,300
- Full-Time: On-site in Santa Rosa, CA.
If you are a driven engineer with a passion for excellence and a "go the extra mile" attitude, we want to meet you. Please apply at https://blentech.applytojob.com/apply with your resume, a portfolio of your work (if available), and a list of professional references.
This is an on-site position at our Santa Rosa office. You must be within driving distance.
We do not accept recruiters or international applications.
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What We Do
Blentech is a bay area based food technology company focused on developing equipment, systems and software for the safe, nutritious and consistent preparation of foods. Creatively blending the latest digital and physical technologies, our products deliver function, durability, sanitary design, safety and performance. Our experience in process engineering, automation, manufacturing and service, paired with proprietary manufacturing techniques, delivers superior processing technology at competitive prices. Blentech equipment and systems are built factoring in your specific process goals to design a solution that works for you. This allows our engineers to tailor a solution to your specific application. Blentech equipment is of unparalleled quality and maintains its functional value for decades while delivering product consistency and driving down operating costs.
