# Director, Reliability Engineering at Mainspring Energy

- Company: Mainspring Energy
- What the company does: Local power generation for data centers, utilities, industrial & enterprise applications. Fuel-flexible, fast to deploy, high-efficiency, low NOx power. Backed by General Catalyst and Khosla.
- Company website: https://www.mainspringenergy.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Menlo Park, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $200K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/mainspringenergy/8da75cff-e98e-4dbd-b9e9-c30ada415688
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mainspring-energy-director-reliability-engineering/

## About the role

Mainspring Energy is growing rapidly and has begun to manufacture its Linear Generators in volume, and reliability is a crucial element to the success of the product. We're looking for a reliability engineering leader to build and run the function that evaluates design risk and quantifies and reduces it to acceptable levels for our target markets.In this role, you'll own the reliability strategy and roadmap, build and develop a team of reliability engineers, and act as the senior voice for reliability across...

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in reliability, test, or quality engineering for mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical systems, including 3+ years in a formal people-management role (not just projects)
- Demonstrated experience building or significantly scaling a reliability, quality, or test engineering team in a hardware/manufacturing environment
- Deep, hands-on background in FMEA, HALT, root-cause analysis, and CAPA processes (RCA, 8D), with the credibility to coach others and set standards
- Track record of influencing design and engineering decisions at the cross-functional/leadership level
- Strong communication skills, with experience presenting reliability risk and program status to senior/executive stakeholders

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