Company Overview

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 help accelerate the transition to the future grid.

The unique combination of attributes offered by Mainspring’s linear generator enables applications on both the customer and utility sides of the meter for the $750B global electricity equipment market. Mainspring began pilot customer installations in 2020 and plans its full commercial launch in 2021 with Fortune 100 customers and partnerships with top-tier utilities.

We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:

• Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.
• Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.
• Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

Mainspring is based in Menlo Park and is backed by top-tier venture and strategic investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, and Centrica Innovations. More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com.

Responsibilities

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.

As a Test Engineer focused on product qualification you will:

• Perform hands-on work and operate our Linear Generator units
• Qualify units to be shipped to customers sites in our pilot manufacturing facility, and support contract manufacturing
• Outline and develop testing infrastructure & processes to scale up product qualification tests
• Generate and analyze data reports on new units, and work with all engineering teams to identify and root cause issues
• In collaboration with the New Product Introduction (NPI) 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, C , MATLAB)
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Enjoy working in interdisciplinary teams

The Bay Area salary for this role is $90K-$140K base pre-IPO stock options benefits. This position is onsite. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on the experience of the employee.

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.