About the Job

As our new Thermal and Fluids Design Engineer, your primary goal is to design, build and test fluid flow management components for our Extract Energy heat engine solution. We’re looking for someone who can truly own their projects and carry them independently all the way through design, prototyping, testing, and production.

Specifically, we’re looking for someone with experience in thermo-fluids design, modeling, and hands-on experimental validation.

Practically speaking, you will:
- Model, design, build, and test fluid control and management solutions that optimize thermodynamics & heat transfer in our application
- Develop and execute verification and validation activities including test plans and building equipment
- Support procurement and commissioning of automation, mechanical, and manufacturing equipment for both rapid prototyping and production
- Support marketing, business development, production, quality, and research and development efforts

You will have the freedom to work on your projects independently, while being responsive to the iterative nature of the work and communicating effectively with rest of the team.

About You

You have great technical strength, and you’re more than just book smart – you love digging into projects, getting your hands dirty, and feeling the rush that comes with successfully testing your own creations. You take pride in documenting your work and sharing in a collaborative manner. You are passionate about clean energy technologies, reducing global GHG emissions and combatting climate change.

You are also the kind of person who can look at the big picture, and intuitively understand the work it takes to achieve it. You’re not only a problem solver, you are a problem definer – able to insightfully characterize problems and develop comprehensive requirements for which you develop solutions.

If this sounds like you, and you’re excited by the opportunity to work in a dynamic, industry-leading start-up, then we want to hear from you!

About Smarter Alloys

Smarter Alloys is at the forefront of the smart materials revolution. With applications ranging from wearable technology to medical devices, our technology can be found across a wide range of industries, including medical/dental, automotive, energy harvesting, consumer electronics and sporting goods.

We are an innovative and fast-moving company that is on the cutting edge of smart materials. We have aggressive growth goals and are looking for someone who can help us get there!

As part of our team, you can expect:
- A full-time, permanent position working in a state-of-the-art facility
- Flexible work schedule (40 hrs/week) with core hours between 10:00am – 3:30pm
- Competitive salary, commensurate with experience 
- Extended Health Benefits package
- Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

Here’s what we need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on thermo-fluids, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Strong knowledge of fluid dynamics, heat transfer & thermodynamics
- Minimum of 3-4 years of relevant industrial experience in a thermo-fluids design role
- Hands-on experimental experience for design/model validation
- Experience in CFD and thermomechanical FEA (Comsol, Ansys etc)
- Advanced knowledge in 3D design tools such as AutoDesk suite, SolidWorks, etc.

And here’s what would be an asset:
- Background in materials science with experience in shape memory alloys
- Experience in an agile research and development environment
- Experience with laser processing and advanced manufacturing
- Experience with machine design
- Good knowledge of GD&T and tolerance stackups
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing principles and DFM/A

We strive to build a team that reflects the diversity of the community we work in and encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with disabilities.