What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer position at Oishii?
We produce the world’s best strawberries, and our Engineering Team is foundational to making that possible.
As a Mechanical Engineer at Oishii, you will ensure our highly automated, data-driven farms operate safely, efficiently, and predictably at scale. Sitting at the intersection of hardware, software, controls, and operations, you will design, analyze, and improve the reliability of complex systems— conveyors, irrigation, water processing, HVAC, electrical, etc . This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in a hands-on environment where they are an expert at root cause analysis of complex problems, skilled at prototyping and implementing reliable and effective solutions at scale. This role requires deep understanding of mechanical design principles, component and material selection, CAD modeling, and hands-on fabrication.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
As a Mechanical Engineer at Oishii, you will ensure our highly automated, data-driven farms operate safely, efficiently, and predictably at scale. Sitting at the intersection of hardware, software, controls, and operations, you will design, analyze, and improve the reliability of complex systems— conveyors, irrigation, water processing, HVAC, electrical, etc . This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in a hands-on environment where they are an expert at root cause analysis of complex problems, skilled at prototyping and implementing reliable and effective solutions at scale. This role requires deep understanding of mechanical design principles, component and material selection, CAD modeling, and hands-on fabrication.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Lead the design, development and integration of electro-mechanical systems and assemblies, applying core engineering principles, inclusive of specification generation, bespoke design of custom and off-the-shelf parts, material selection, prototyping, and validation
- Identify recurring failure modes and drive systemic reliability improvements through design changes, redundancy, safeguards, and operational controls
- Rapidly diagnose issues using logs, sensor data, alarms, and on-site investigation to restore system performance and minimize downtime
- Own the stability outcomes across the entire facility’s infrastructure (e.g. conveyors, irrigation, water processing, HVAC, lighting, electrical, etc), and report Key Performance Indicators to Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, and Facility Management stakeholders on a daily basis.
- Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Commissioning, and Product teams to deploy fixes into live production environments
- Work closely with Maintenance to develop, implement, train and refine reliability SOPs and programs to minimize system down time
- Influence system architecture and design standards by feeding real-world reliability data back into upstream engineering decisions
Salary : $85,000 - $95,000