Test Engineer, Product Qualification

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Menlo Park, CA, USA
In-Office
108K-124K Annually
Mid level
Energy
The Role
The Test Engineer will perform hands-on testing on Linear Generator units, develop testing processes, analyze data, and collaborate with engineering teams.
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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
Our Linear Generator is a sophisticated, automated, and integrated system spanning a wide range of engineering disciplines including thermodynamics, mechanical, electrical, software, and controls. We are looking for a driven, highly motivated Product Qualification Test Engineer to join our test engineering team. 

Responsibilities

  • Perform hands-on work and operate our Linear Generator units, working closely with our end of line team

  • Qualify cores, units to be shipped to customers sites in our facility in Menlo Park, and support contract manufacturing

  • Outline and develop testing processes & infrastructure to scale up product qualification tests

  • Generate, analyze and automate data reports on new units, and work with all engineering teams to identify and root cause issues

  • In collaboration with our manufacturing testing team,  participate in the development of new automation processes to enable the scaling up of qualification testing in manufacturing

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent with 3+ years of applicable experience

  • Experience of conducting experimental hardware projects plus if in the context of product qualification or manufacturing test engineering

  • Experience in project management

  • Proficiency in programming in at least one language (e.g. Python, MATLAB)

  • Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

  • Enjoy working in interdisciplinary teams

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.

Skills Required

  • Master's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent
  • 3+ years of applicable experience
  • Experience in conducting experimental hardware projects, preferably in product qualification or manufacturing test engineering
  • Experience in project management
  • Proficiency in programming in at least one language (e.g. Python, MATLAB)
  • Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
  • Enjoy working in interdisciplinary teams
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The Company
HQ: Menlo Park, CA
294 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Driven by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid of the future, Mainspring has developed a new category of power generation — the linear generator — that delivers onsite, fuel-flexible power to accelerate the transition to the future grid. To learn more visit www.mainspringenergy.com.

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