Location: Nashville, TN / Full-time / On-site / Salary: $85,000 – $105,000 base, depending on experience and qualifications
About the role
Our client is a growing solar energy equipment manufacturer with a startup environment. It’s hiring a Solar Project Engineer to join its mechanical team. You’ll contribute to the mechanical design process from initial concept through to completion, working on renewable energy technology as it’s developed.
The role combines design work with hands-on building. You’ll create designs in SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software, then help turn them into physical prototypes using hand and power tools, fabrication techniques, and machine shop equipment. Mechanical design roles like this typically involve producing detailed drawings with GD&T, preparing bills of materials, and designing with manufacturability in mind.
Because the company operates at startup pace, you’ll have the chance to work across the full product development cycle and see your designs move quickly from screen to prototype. An understanding of electrical systems is useful, since solar equipment brings mechanical and electrical design together, but it isn’t required.
Main responsibilities
- Contribute to the mechanical design process from concept to completion
- Create 3D models and designs using SolidWorks or equivalent CAD software
- Build prototypes using hand and power tools, fabrication methods, and machine shop equipment
- Support product development of solar energy equipment
- Work as part of the mechanical team within a startup environment
Requirements
- Proficiency with SolidWorks or equivalent 3D CAD software
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with hand and power tools, prototyping, and fabrication, or machine shop experience
- Interest in, and willingness to work at, a startup
- Authorization to work in the US without the need for sponsorship
Nice to have:
- Electrical engineering background
The offer
- Salary: $85,000 – $105,000 base, depending on experience and qualifications
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Full-time, on-site in Nashville, TN
- Hands-on work with emerging renewable energy technology
This role suits a mechanical engineer who enjoys both designing and building, and wants to work on solar technology in a startup setting. If you have a background in mechanical design, fabrication, product development, or machine shop work, apply below.