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Electrical Engineer, Electronics Design

Mainspring Energy · Menlo Park, CA · On-site

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About Mainspring Energy

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.

About the role

Are you an innovative hardware leader who thrives on driving cutting-edge electronics from initial concept to production? Do you prefer the challenge of owning complex, low-voltage control systems and guiding cross-functional teams through technical hurdles over routine, single-phase component tweaking? Mainspring Energy is looking for a highly autonomous, intellectually curious, and influential Electrical Engineer, Electronics Design to join our core Electrical Engineering organization.

What they're looking for

  • 2+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 1+ years of experience with a Master's degree, in Electrical Engineering or a related field
  • Proven hands-on experience designing, troubleshooting, and realizing low-voltage electrical hardware (e.g., DC/DC converters, relays, e-fuses, and MOSFETs)
  • Proficiency with PCBA schematic capture and PCB design tools (Altium strongly preferred)
  • Strong fundamentals in analog/mixed-signal design, including operational amplifiers, ADCs, and hardware filtering (anti-aliasing, bandpass, etc.)
  • Experience performing component derating analysis, worst-case tolerance stack-ups, and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
  • Demonstrated ability to drive projects forward from initial requirements through production
More about this role

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:

  • Pragmatic Optimism
  • Excellence without Ego
  • Proactive Collaboration

Are you an innovative hardware leader who thrives on driving cutting-edge electronics from initial concept to production? Do you prefer the challenge of owning complex, low-voltage control systems and guiding cross-functional teams through technical hurdles over routine, single-phase component tweaking? Mainspring Energy is looking for a highly autonomous, intellectually curious, and influential Electrical Engineer, Electronics Design to join our core Electrical Engineering organization. Unlike...

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