Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Position Description:

We at Blue Frontier are racing to solve arguably the biggest sustainability problem in the world using disruptive technology and business models. Air conditioning is the fastest growing use of electricity in the US and globally. If present trends continue, by 2050 air conditioning electricity consumption will be bigger than the combined electricity consumption of China and India today!

Blue Frontiers AC system combines dew-point-style sensible cooling with liquid desiccant dehumidification to reduce electricity use by up to 90%. The desiccant is recharged and stored when electricity is the lowest cost or cleanest, and later used to deliver cooling when electricity is costly or derived from non-renewable sources. These features enable our system to solve an array of todays largest sustainability problems from the Duck Curve to peak load management, from humidity control to integration of intermittent renewable resources.

Working in the Product Development department and reporting to the VP of Product Development, the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will implement engineering design solutions and processes that will enhance the performance, cost, reliability, manufacturability, durability, and quality of our systems.

To the ideal candidate, this position is an opportunity to create products with the potential to literally change the world for the better. If you are creative, personable, highly responsible, passionate, intelligent, and driven, you should join us.

Roles and Responsibilities

Mechanical Design

• Develop detailed mechanical part and assembly designs and drawings using SolidWorks
• Conduct engineering analysis including structural strength, material selection, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, electrical power consumption, manufacturing methods, controls, etc., to arrive at designs that meet or exceed established expectations
• Support the fabrication of prototype and pre-production parts and subsystems. This includes discussion with outside vendors, sourcing of components, and coordination with technicians and other engineers
• Develop manufacturing methods and processes, and enhance manufacturability of designs
• Test and develop test protocols for evaluating prototypes
• Provide accurate BOMs to the Manufacturing department

Project Management

• Must be able to manage tasks and projects with significant amount of autonomy
• Must be an excellent verbal communicator and presenter

Skills & Capabilities

Education & Experience

• 10+ years relevant industry experience, with emphasis on product development of highly engineered systems and hardware.
• Experience taking product from design to manufacturing
• BS in Mechanical Engineering from a top 100 university
• Experience engineering for advanced air conditioning, thin-plate heat exchangers or other stacked-plate type devices such as fuel cells or batteries would be a plus
• Knowledge of sheet metal forming processes, including stamping is a plus
• Plastic injection molding, thermoforming, rotomolding is a plus

Technical Skills

• Extensive CAD skills, including a number of years 3D modelling in SolidWorks
• Excellent understanding of mechanical design concepts:
  • Manufacturing
  • Durability
  • Quality
  • Structural Strength
  • Materials Selection
  • Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, controls and testing are a plus
• Other skills that are a plus: Statistical analysis, system level modeling, Finite Element Modeling, Multiphysics Modeling, LabVIEW programming and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary

Highly competitive salary commensurate with the position and level of capabilities of the applicant

Benefits

Medical and dental insurance. Paid vacation and holidays.

Location & Travel

This role will be based in our Boca Raton facility which is located close to Boca Raton Tri-Rail station.

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