Director – Module Hardware Design

Director – Module Hardware Design

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar, 10+ years relevant experience (power generation, aerospace, propulsion, etc.).
• Experience directly managing a technical team through product development cycles focused on cost reduction, manufacturability, and production scale-up in a startup environment.
• Strong experience with CAD and best practices for engineering drawings (GD&T, ASME Y14.5).
• Professional experience with finite element analysis (FEA) software, e.g. ANSYS.
• Experience developing and delivering hardware products as the responsible mechanical design engineer.
• Demonstrated proficiency in designing for common manufacturing processes like welding, machining, sheet metal fabrication, etc for low-mid volume production.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of hardware engineers and CAD designers responsible for the design and performance of Antora’s thermal battery.
• Lead and support team growth by hiring an awesome team.
• Allocate people resources to support multiple design projects based on priorities.
• Support team members as they take on hardware development for subsystems and components from basic architecture evaluations through conceptual, analysis, detailed design, prototype, test, and manufacturing release phases.
• Lead and/or support key initiatives such as cost-down, reliability, root-cause analysis, testing, etc.
• Mentoring (technical and non-technical) of more junior team members.
• Help set and maintain a strong and healthy team culture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience in heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation), fluids, structural, materials, or design.
• Ability to evaluate systems level architectural decisions to inform key trade-offs.