About Torus Torus is headquartered in Utah and is expanding manufacturing at our 545,000-square-foot facility in Salt Lake City called GigaOne. Backed by Y Combinator and Alchemist.
About the role
At Torus, we're building the world's first mesh energy infrastructure, systems that protect communities, reduce costs, and strengthen the grid for decades to come. As a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer , you'll own the design, validation, and productization of the sub-systems that make resilient, scalable energy storage possible, whether that's battery-based, flywheel-based, or the integration points between them.
What they're looking for
- You move with urgency and hold the line on quality. You hold speed and quality to the same standard. Both are requirements, not trade-offs. You've internalized “do it nice or do it twice” and it shows in how you work
- You communicate directly and without burying the lead. Whether you're presenting a trade study, flagging a risk, or pushing back on a spec, you lead with the answer and bring the data to back it up
- You build trust through transparency. You give feedback directly and privately when it matters, celebrate teammates openly, and assume positive intent when things get hard
- You take full ownership and bring others along. At a senior or principal level, you don't just execute, you lead technical direction, mentor less experienced engineers, and make the team around you faster and sharper
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in mechanical design, analysis, testing, and manufacturing, with demonstrated ownership and execution across the full product lifecycle
More about this role
At Torus, we're building the world's first mesh energy infrastructure, systems that protect communities, reduce costs, and strengthen the grid for decades to come. As a Senior or Principal Mechanical Engineer , you'll own the design, validation, and productization of the sub-systems that make resilient, scalable energy storage possible, whether that's battery-based, flywheel-based, or the integration points between them.
This role sits at the intersection of deep technical ownership and systems thinking. You'll shape how hardware decisions ripple across the full product lifecycle, from early concept through high-volume manufacturing, balancing cost, complexity, reliability, and manufacturability as a unified problem. We value speed and quality equally; moving fast matters, but so does building it right the first time.
If you thrive on hard problems, take full ownership from the first sketch to the final spec, and want your work to directly accelerate the energy transition, this role was built for you.
- You seek context before conclusions. You approach complex problems and cross-functional work with curiosity first; asking questions, gathering perspective, and making sure you...
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