# Staff Reliability Engineer 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: $151K to $178K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-05
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/mainspringenergy/cb89b092-f9fb-4393-bfb5-20ddcbf88a4a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mainspring-energy-staff-reliability-engineer/

## 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. The reliability team is responsible for evaluating design risks, and implementing tests and analyses to quantify and reduce risk to an acceptable level for the target market. Reliability engineers will use tools such as FMEA, HALT and root-cause analysis on a regular basis.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
- 8+ years experience with testing for mechanical, electrical or electromechanical systems with an emphasis on reliability or 5+ years with a masters degree in a related field
- Experience working in a dynamic engineering environment, where systems and processes are evolving rapidly
- Demonstrated ability to independently spearhead reliability initiatives from conception to completion, leveraging strong interpersonal skills to mentor or lead small groups of engineers
- Demonstrated ability to execute challenging multi-system engineering projects
- In depth understanding and use of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)

Tags: Product Testing