Mainspring Energy

Senior Mechanical Engineer - Continuous Improvement - Harness and Cable Design

Monterrey, N.L., MX

In-personFull time roleSenior Level

About 1 month ago

About the Job

Company Overview

Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable onsite power generator, the Mainspring Linear Generator. Commercial, industrial, and utility leaders are choosing Mainspring over traditional options like engines, turbines, and fuel cells to quickly and reliably deliver local power for EV charging, commercial facilities, data centers, and grid-scale operations. The Mainspring Linear Generator is fuel flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless technology with near-zero NOx emissions.

Backed by top-tier investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, and Lightrock, Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and we’re quickly scaling for international expansion.

Inspired by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid, Mainspring is rapidly expanding within the $816B global electricity equipment market, and we’re hiring the best talent to meet growing customer demand around the globe. We welcome a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and talents to bring fresh perspectives and ongoing innovation to our customers.

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.

More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com

Do you have a knack for diagnosing and redesigning critical electrical subsystems to eliminate persistent field issues?

Have you ever invented a tool or changed a process just to make routine installation or service faster and easier?

If you're obsessed with solving real-world design challenges, especially within complex electromechanical power generation equipment, then this role is built for you. Mainspring Energy is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer focused on electrical harness and cable design to lead product improvement efforts across field and production systems. You will work embedded on site at a contract manufacturer in Monterrey, Mexico to address design and manufacturing issues at their root. You will redesign critical components for durability and ease of service, and integrate your findings back into the development process to ensure the long-term reliability and manufacturability of our products.

Core Responsibilities

Lead the root cause analysis of harness and cable related field failures using data from diagnostics, and hands-on testing.
Redesign or re-engineer components, connectors, routing schemes, or retention strategies to eliminate failures, reduce costs, or improve serviceability.
Work closely with design engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure that changes are thoroughly tested and validated with short feedback cycles.
Collaborate with NPI, manufacturing quality, and supply chain teams to ensure solutions are optimized for production, vendor capabilities, and field service.
Predict and prevent failure modes by applying deep understanding of mechanical/electrical system interactions, tolerance stack-ups, and real-world use conditions.
Implement feedback loops from field issues into design standards and engineering processes to continuously improve product quality and reduce recurrence.
Create and manage internal improvement systems that embed learnings into manufacturing process flow and future design development efforts.
Support development of service tooling, testing fixtures, or diagnostic aids as needed for improved deployment and serviceability.
Travel to HQ in Menlo Park, CA required once per quarter

Qualifications

BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or similar technical field
Senior Level: BS + 6 years, or MS + 5 years in industry roles focused on electrical hardware and systems
Hands-on experience with cable and harness systems, including routing, strain relief, shielding, termination, and connector selection
Proven ability to use data-driven root cause analysis to solve complex, cross-functional design issues
Experience addressing and resolving field and production issues.
Knowledge of DFM/DFA principles and quality system tools (PFMEA, 8D, CAPA, etc.)
Deep understanding of tolerance stack-ups and use of CMMs in inspection processes.
Familiar with manufacturing methods including of the following: crimping, potting, stamping, sheet metal, hydroforming, welding, machining, and fabrication.
Proficient in SolidWorks or comparable CAD package; PDM experience preferred
Experience with structural FEA and/or electrical system simulation tools is a plus
Passion for building robust, field-ready solutions with high reliability and serviceability
You must have be able to travel to the USA and a high level proficiency in English. You understand culture differences and have track records working collaboratively on technical projects between the USA and Mexico.

Note: The official employer for this position will be our global PEO in Mexico and not Mainspring Energy directly.

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.

About the Company

Mainspring Energy

Menlo Park, CA, USA

251-500

<p class="text-steel f-b1 md-max:mb-d">At Mainspring we believe the fastest path to the net-zero carbon grid is vastly increasing the amount of solar and wind power while building a supporting clean energy system that ensures affordability and multi-day, cross-season resilience. Getting there requires flexible, scalable, local technologies that can adapt to the shifting grid landscape – including the transition from natural gas to renewable fuels like biogas, green ammonia, and green hydrogen.</p> <div> <p class="text-steel f-b1">The Mainspring Linear Generator delivers an unmatched level of flexibility for the transition ahead. It’s local so you can site where power is needed, it’s dispatchable so you can ramp up and down to complement renewables, and it’s fuel-flexible so you can operate on the cleanest fuels available today and in the future. Our products are already at work at Fortune 500 customer sites, accelerating the arrival of the net-zero carbon grid.</p> </div>

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