# Manager, CAD & Design Systems 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: Senior
- Location: Menlo Park, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-09
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/mainspringenergy/fe52c6f5-f488-4182-bcc5-e7f8325e4d9c?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mainspring-energy-manager-cad-and-design-systems/

## About the role

Mainspring is seeking a Manager, CAD & Design Systems to build and scale the Mechanical Engineering organization responsible for CAD operations, product definition, product integration, design release, and configuration management. This leader will set the strategy for how Mechanical Engineering creates, integrates, controls, and releases product definition as the Linear Generator and engineering organization grow in complexity. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience
- 10+ years of experience in mechanical product development, CAD, product definition, or related engineering disciplines, including 3+ years leading technical teams
- Deep experience with production CAD environments and strong working knowledge of SolidWorks or comparable parametric CAD systems
- Experience with CATIA or another enterprise large-assembly CAD platform strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience improving CAD standards, engineering workflows, product-data quality, or design-release processes in a growing hardware organization
- Strong understanding of drawings, GD&T, BOMs, engineering changes, configuration control, and manufacturing handoffs

Tags: Mechanical Engr

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