Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Span.IO
$109-148k
Electrical equipment manufacturing
Job no longer available
Electrical equipment manufacturing
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$109-148k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable homes to get clean energy faster, cheaper and more easily. Impacting climate change is our passion.
Role
Who you are
- Hold a BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering
- Have 8+ year experience developing hardware products for production. You have seen the full production cycle from ideation to manufacturing on multiple products
- Have experience in static/dynamic structural, modal and thermal analysis using hand calculations as well as FEA software
- Take a hands-on approach whether it be building a prototype or performing testing
- Have strong problem solving skills and are able to manage the workload of multiple projects
- Effectively communicate technical concepts, ideas and knowledge to other team members, including mentoring junior members of the team
- Enjoy working on projects with diverse teams under tight timelines
- Are proficient in 3D CAD, 2D detailed drawings
- Are passionate about renewable energy and energy storage
Desirable
- A proven track record of working on complex electro-mechanical design simulations and analysis
- Experience in CFD, electromagnetic and non-linear analysis
- Knowledge of national and international safety and regulatory requirements such as UL, National Electric Code(NEC), IEC, and ISO
- Design experience with products that connect to the electrical grid, NEMA 3R enclosures, and/or complex thermal requirements
What the job involves
- Model and design components using a variety of materials (plastic, metal, and glass)
- Collaborate with internal and external teams
- Model heat transfer, structural and electromechanical aspects of our products and perform Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Interpret analysis results, provide physical explanations and drive product solutions
- Participate in new product and technology development and proactively guide design directions to meet product performance requirements
- Design and build prototype components and assemblies
- Develop structural, thermal, and environmental tests to validate your designs
- Create detailed 2D drawings using GD&T when applicable
Our take
Span helps homeowners looking to improve their energy resilience by replacing electric panels, many of them decades old, with a flexible smart panel that helps users monitor and control their energy usage from a single app.
Founded in just 2018, Span has made great strides in both price and technological development and has won the International Builders' Show 2022 Best Energy Efficient Product award for its Gen 2 smart Panel. Significant funding rounds have propelled product development, including a future-looking integration of its equipment with that of solar inverter, battery, and EV charger manufacturers.
This fast-developing and innovative answer to a previously stagnant home energy feature directly caters to the increasing demand for energy efficiency in the home. This is exemplified by a 2024 partnership with PulteGroup, the third-largest homebuilder in the US. With CEO Arch Rao at the helm, previously head of Products, Application & Sales Engineering at Tesla, Span seems likely to continue on its winning streak with increasingly affordable renewable energy products.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
Insights
37% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2023
$96m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$90m
SERIES B
Total funding: $229.8m
Company benefits
- Competitive compensation and early equity at a well-funded, fast-growing, venture-backed company (read more on why Amazon and others invested in SPAN here and here)
- A sunny 20,000 sqft hardware lab + office space in SOMA, a stone’s throw from Caltrain and close to BART
- Flexible hours and vacation time - we simultaneously work hard and make space for the important stuff
- Additional SPAN holidays in celebration of causes we believe in (i.e. Black History Day, Women’s History Day, Earth Day and Gay Pride & Juneteenth among others)
- Comprehensive benefits include a choice of medical plans; dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Diversity - we are serious about this. SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds,
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Arch Padmanabhan Rao
(Founder & CEO )After graduating from Stanford with an MS in Mechanical Engineering, Arch was an Energy Consultant for LCG Consulting and Technical Advisor for The Westly Group. They co-founded Verdigris, which used AI to eliminate electricity waste and was the Head of Products, Application and Sales engineering at Tesla Motors before founding Span.
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