Shop Engineer

At Aircapture we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from Earth’s atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds–be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation–to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

You will be a pinch hitter, supporting and building a range of mechanical, electrical, and piping systems throughout the shop. From cryogenic liquid systems to our novel Direct Air Capture “DAC” machines, you’ll work on a variety of projects onsite in our development and production facility in Berkeley, California. Your contributions will guide the company through its growth phase, moving from early-stage novelty into scalable systems. If you are excited to mitigate the impact of climate change at a groundbreaking climate technology startup, this is the role for you!

This role is onsite at our Berkeley, CA headquarters. 

Salary: $100,000-125,000 per year

What You’ll Do Here

• Implement your hands-on skills bringing multiple disciplines to bear on prototype and production models of Direct Air Capture and DAC support systems. Experience in one or more of the following areas is valuable (you don’t need them all):
• Wiring, electrical validation testing, and automation programming
• Machining, welding, and fabrication including CAD modeling and CNC programming
• High and low pressure fluid systems assembly and troubleshooting
• On the fly mechanical creativity building test rigs and utility feeds to test units
• Partner with Program Managers to create processes to efficiently complete work and documenting those methods – in other words: Building systems that build systems
• Travel as needed (approximately 2 weeks per year) to install, maintain, and troubleshoot Direct Air Capture units and their support systems in the field both locally and across the globe

Your Skills and Abilities Include

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering related field and 2 years of experience, or 5 years of directly related experience in lieu of a degree in HVAC, Plumbing, Fabrication, Mechanical, etc.
• Experience translating ideas from drawings and other virtual three dimensional models into the real world is a plus
• Problem Solving--when you encounter obstacles, you actively find solutions and keep projects moving forward instead of getting stuck
• Ease with both working with teammates and independently

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

This position requires physical activities including climbing stairs or ladders, stooping, crouching to work on equipment, operating machinery and lifting and carrying loads of 50 lbs or more.

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.