Staff Mechanical Engineer

Staff Mechanical Engineer - Battery Recycling

We are in the early design stage of our next industrial-scale battery recycling plant and are looking for a Staff Mechanical Engineer to join the team.This is a fast-moving, high-impact project. We're targeting build and commissioning in under a year, with big equipment and serious engineering challenges. You'll be part of a small, highly capable team that's driving this from concept to operation-hands-on and end-to-end.

Responsibilities Will Include:

• Full ownership of critical equipment packages within the plant:

• Bottoms-up understanding of the process to determine equipment functional requirements

• Design equipment to satisfy functional requirements, either with vendors or independently

• Propose clearly thought-out solutions with means to manufacture, including cost and lead time detail

• Produce 2D drawing/3D model detail to initiate fabrication

• Track fabrication, oversee QA/QC and manage Factory/Site Acceptance Tests

• Oversee site install; complete ownership of equipment commissioning

• Equipment package integration: design for seamless interconnects between subsystems

• Plant layout development:

• Rapidly optimizing for space, cost, simplicity, flexibility

• Design of buildings/structures to house equipment and materials

• Running point on model and drawing development

• Cross-functional coordination with other internal teams to make the design fit-for-purpose

• System-level utilities design:

• Define plant utility requirements working with infrastructure teams on design

• Design systems for managing waste streams: gas/liquid; hazardous/combustible

• System-level fluids and energy design:

• Track full-system mass and energy balances; manage equipment design to rectify any imbalances

• Selective prototyping of lab/pilot-scale systems to derisk commercial design

Desired Qualifications:

• Someone who is able to mix design from first principles along with designing large equipment with uncertainty:

• Determine what physical phenomena need to be considered and to what accuracy

• Have a good feel for relative orders of magnitude around key design requirements

• Progress design despite uncertainty but with clear logical reasoning

• Someone who will proactively jump into problems; identify the key challenges and frame the analysis/tests necessary to solve!

• Someone who is always curious: you're not afraid to ask lots of questions so that you know the system inside out

• Strong theoretical knowledge of:

• Heat and mass transfer

• Fluid mechanics

• Solid mechanics

• Desired working knowledge of:

• Mechanical separation equipment

• Solids handling: conveyance systems

• Fluid control systems: tanks, pumps, valves

• Someone who has demonstrated these skills in past projects with a high degree of independence

• Someone who can distil complex designs for effective communication between team members and teams

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or similar

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely perform job duties in both office and production environments.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. as needed.
• Must maintain regular and punctual attendance in alignment with company and regulatory standards.

Working Conditions:

• Work may involve extended periods of working in the production facility.
• Ability to work in challenging working conditions which may include exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes, while protected by PPE, for extended periods of time.
• May require occasional work weekends or alternate shifts to support production needs.
• Occasional travel to support vendor FATs, or projects at sister sites