Senior Mechanical Engineer

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead design and execution of critical mechanical systems and components that enable scalable, manufacturable nuclear power plants
• Collaborate daily with the CEO and executive team on the company’s most urgent engineering priorities—your technical insights will directly inform product strategy and deployment timelines
• Driveconcept development, detailed CAD modeling, and rapid prototyping of novel industrial systems
• Performstructural, thermal, and fluid analyses using advanced simulation tools (FEA, CFD) to validate and optimize designs
• Design and analyze complex mechanical assemblies
• Integrate mechanical, electrical, and control systems into cohesive plant-level solutions
• Overseeprototype fabrication, assembly, and testing, both in-house and with external partners
• Developfixtures, tooling, and manufacturing aids to streamline build and test operations
• Continuouslyoptimize designs for manufacturability and deployment speed, balancing performance with cost and scalability
• Operate autonomously,driving projects from concept to reality in a startup culture that values speed, ingenuity, and accountability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field (advanced degree a plus)
• 4+ years of hands-on mechanical design and analysis experience inhigh-growth, high-urgency environments (startup or advanced manufacturing preferred)
• Deep proficiency withCAD tools (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated expertise inFEA and CFD using software such as ANSYS, LS-DYNA, Nastran, or similar.
• Strong foundation inmaterials science, stress analysis, and thermal/fluid systems
• Proven ability toturn concepts into tested prototypes quickly, with minimal oversight
• Exceptionalcommunication and collaboration skills, especially when interfacing with executives and cross-functional teams
• Abias toward action, creative problem solving, and the drive to own complex problems end-to-end