Mechanical Engineering Manager - Product Design & Production [Team Leader]

ENGINEERS WANTED for hazardous journey. Small wages, high voltages, long hours of difficult technical work, safe career choice doubtful. Riches and Glory in case of success.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads Fleetzero’s product design, testing, and production efforts. You will lead your team through a highly iterative hardware development process that emphasizes quickly building physical prototypes, testing them in real-world conditions, improving the design, and testing again until product design criteria are exceeded. Successful candidates will intuitively understand that an interactive design process is faster and results in safer and higher-quality products than traditional linear or waterfall design processes.  

• Lead the Mechanical Engineering, shop, and production teams. 
• Lead a highly capable team through the full lifecycle of marine mechanical systems from need identification, solution scoping, CAD design and modeling, prototype construction, testing and revisions cycles, production testing and revisions cycles, in-field testing, and production system development. 
• Oversee design and testing of core ship systems, including propulsion battery modules, enclosures, thermal management, and structural vessel integration, cargo securing, lifting and hoisting, and other key marine equipment.
• Lead the team in developing and improving the production system, including robotic arms, laser welders, and robotic and manual assembly. 
• Collaborate across electrical, marine, and software teams
• Manage project timelines, resources, budgets, and supplier relationships
• Support the opening of new production facilities

• Track record of managing people in hazardous environments
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience, including 3+ years in leadership roles.
• Experience in marine engineering, energy storage systems, or automotive preferred
• Proficiency with design tools such as SolidWorks
• Shop floor fluency (welding, cutting, turning, milling, additive mfg., etc.)
• Strong first-principles engineering knowledge, including a basic understanding of material properties, an understanding of practical physics, heat flow, and statics and mechanics.
• Proven leadership, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Any proficiency with robotics, programming, or electrical engineering

All roles are expected to include intermittent or occasional travel as the business needs.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in most full time offers and are considered part of Fleetzero's total compensation package.

Fleetzero does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.