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Senior Mechanical Engineer - Compression

Wixom, Michigan, United States

Remora is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer who will drive the development of the blower and compressions subsystems in the Remora mobile carbon capture device from concept through production. This role will lead requirement generation, component development, component sourcing, and systems testing, while ensuring design deliverables meet aggressive timelines. 

We're building carbon capture for trains and trucks. We generate revenue for railroads and trucking companies by extracting, purifying, and selling CO2 from their exhaust. Our technology can capture up to 90% of the CO2 in the vehicle's exhaust, while also reducing soot, particulate matter, and NOx.

We've partnered with some of the largest railroads and trucking companies, including Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Ryder, and Werner. We've now raised $117 million from prominent investors, including Lowercarbon Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, and Y Combinator. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Plan & Develop: Lead design reviews, develop analytical and computational models, and DFMEA/DVP&Rs; including bench and system testing plans, pre-production verification and validation, and design release. Set strategy, delivery, and goals for the teams working on the sub-systems in order to achieve sub-system requirements on an aggressive timeline. 
  • Execute: Utilizing your unusually strong skills in leadership, communication, ownership, and strategic thinking, drive the research and development of the blower and compression subsystems within the device, in partnership with our subject matter experts and suppliers. 
  • Grow: Guide less experienced team members in design and decision making while fostering a collaborative and creative environment 
  • Collaborate: Serve as a point person for the sub-system with other members of the Engineering team and share regular updates on progress with the team. 
  • Design: Generate requirements and provide design direction and decision making for the blower and compression subsystems based on regulations, existing standards, and new standards created by Remora. 

  

Minimum Requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
  • 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience
  • Experience with blowers, industrial compressors, and pressure vessels
  • Experience leading a team of engineers to achieve design deliverables  
  • Experience moving quickly and making decisions with significant uncertainty
  • Experience rapidly learning about novel technologies and identifying new technologies for integration into systems
  • Experience working closely with suppliers and driving them to aggressive timelines 

Preferred Requirements: 

  • Experience with large scale systems including some of the following: 
  • Industrial, Bio-Pharma, Oil & Gas, Modular Process Skid Design,
  • Including heat exchangers, pumps, valves, instruments, pressure vessels, and associated interconnected piping
  • Experience with mobile vehicles, ideally with heavy-duty vehicles in industries such as heavy-duty truck, automotive - specifically diesel engines and exhaust, aeronautical, locomotive, marine
  • Experience with the transfer and storage of liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide
  • Experience with industrial gas separation, ideally PVSA/TSA gas separation processes
  • Experience with P&ID generation and maintenance
  • 5+ years of R&D experience working on first-of-its-kind, complex hardware products with short timelines and limited resources
  • Experience generating CAD designs, both 3D and 2D, along with CAE/FEA/CFD simulation and analysis 

Logistics:

  • Location: Wixom, MI
  • Start date: Immediately.

Compensation and Benefits:

  • Salary: $140,000 - $200,000
  • Competitive Stock Options
  • Healthcare (Aetna)
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Retirement (401k)
  • Student loan assistance
  • Three Weeks of paid time off
  • Eleven Holidays off 
  • Dependent care assistance (childcare or eldercare)
  • Parental leave
  • Unlimited sick and compassionate leave
  • Employee development and coaching
  • Office setup (remote) or relocation (in-person) stipend
Research shows that women and people of color are less likely to think they are qualified for a position after reading a list of requirements like the one above. If you are worried that you are not qualified, please apply anyway! We’re most excited to work with people who learn quickly and want to tackle the climate crisis.

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