Staff Reliability Engineer, Electrical Systems

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
• Perform reliability testing including mechanical stress tests, shock, vibration and environmental testing.
• Prepare concise and detailed test plans and reports.
• Conduct failure analysis using analytical techniques and methodology to derive root cause.
• Direct and develop design engineers in the implementation of the product performance risk analysis process.
• Lead cross functional teams executing FMEA for design, process and maintenance.
• Develop verification test plans with design engineers based on system and sub-system specs and possess the knowledge of system architecture and industry standard protocols.
• Design, build and run specialized test equipment as required to test unique electrical operating circuits with an emphasis on maximizing test output to obtain results with rapid design cycles.
• Based on knowledge of UL and NFPA standards, guide cross-functional design team for excellence of design in electrical & fuel system components.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• 8+ years experience with testing for mechanical, electrical or electromechanical systems with an emphasis on reliability or 5+ years with a masters degree in a related field
• Experience working in a dynamic engineering environment, where systems and processes are evolving rapidly.
• Demonstrated ability to independently spearhead reliability initiatives from conception to completion, leveraging strong interpersonal skills to mentor or lead small groups of engineers
• Demonstrated ability to execute challenging multi-system engineering projects