Location: Austin, TX
Reports to: Principal Member of Technical Staff
About FTC Solar Inc
FTC Solar is a fast growing, global provider of solar tracker systems, technology, software, and engineering services. We are as passionate about renewable energy as we are about our culture and values. We want to attract likeminded individuals who live and breathe Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Excellence. We’re humble enough to know that we don’t know everything, so we love bold ideas that disrupt the status quo. Basically, we don’t want you to just fall in line!
FTC Solar is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and diversity. For us, this is not just a set of words or metrics. It drives our culture, creativity, and future success. We support our employees and foster an environment where new ideas and perspectives are celebrated and encouraged. When our employees thrive, FTC Solar thrives. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
POSITION OVERVIEW
FTC Solar Inc is looking for a technically strong mechanical engineer to design, develop and test mechanical aspects of the tracker development leveraging their solar industry and/or tracker experience. You will work in a fast-paced environment, within the Tracker Technology group, developing intellectual property and the next generation tracker. We are looking for someone to take an idea, develop the idea in SolidWorks and refine the idea with FEA tools (i.e. MSC Apex, Nastran & Adams). You will work collaboratively with internal groups and external international suppliers in different time zones. You will use your experience to solve problems, develop and execute on the design objectives and affect short and long-term business goals and strategy of the team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop component and assembly technology to optimize the tracker system for reliability and costWork with procurement team to ensure timely release of Purchase Orders to maintain project schedulesAdhere to the phase gate development process with measurable metrics for scheduleand cost targets
- Properly document the engineering deliverables and lead design reviews
- Perform field analysis and document the change via an Engineering Change Notice
- Serve as a lead technical engineer to help others learn and contribute while maintaining a positive team atmosphere
- Interface with key certifying organizations and provide support with requested technical data
- Interface with manufacturing partners and ensure the tracker can be productized and produced at scale
- Ensure safe practices are used to build prototypes and learn from them
- Willing to listen to inputs from the team, and then including the good ones into the product
- Above all, this person should be an engineer at heart, with problem-solving skills that are timely and creative
QUALIFICATIONS
- BS Mechanical Engineering
- Must have part, assembly, drawing, configuration management, and PDM experience utilizing SolidWorks
- Must have developed and had experience in designing mechanical components of machinery and analyzed them to evalute performance via FEA tools
- Minimum 10 years of development experience from a leading company
- A team player with strong interpersonal, influential and leadership skills
- Creative, self-starter and independent
- Ability to cope with multiple complex situations and emergent priorities daily
- Exceptional communication skills to sync with internal and external parties
- Structural analysis experience and applying building code knowledge is preferred
- Solar Industry tracker experience is preferred
- Experience working in a multinational company is preferred
WORKING CONDITIONS
FTC Solar offers competitive wages, growth opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Medical and Life Insurance
- Short-term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Unlimited vacation
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 401(k) with a company match and much more