Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on eliminating the need for fossil fuels in heavy industry and powering a sustainable future. The company’s AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology aims to cost-effectively deliver near 24/7 carbon-free energy in the form of heat, power, or green hydrogen fuel at scale – for the first time in history.

Heliogen seeks a Mechanical Design and Test Engineer to lead internal and contracted development efforts related to advanced heat exchangers, rotating machinery, and other thermal systems during our next phase of growth. A Mechanical Design and Test Engineer in the Power Block Development team will have the opportunity to work with leading developers of solar thermal energy collection and storage systems and supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) technology to deploy a commercially viable concentrating solar power plant, including leading risk retirement testing, prototype fabrication, and commissioning.

**You Aspire To: **

• Lead component risk retirement efforts by:
  • collecting research and learning from R&D and industrial applications,
  • planning for and conducting component and system-level tests,
  • and executing commissioning activities.
• Design test setups and hardware.
• Support system integration design, modeling, and analysis including accounting for impacts on piping, ducting, and balance of plant equipment.
• Support mechanical design and packaging of various components integral to the construction of a solar powerplant.
• Consider heat transfer, material properties, and service limits in the design of equipment exposed to high temperature and thermal cycling.
• Interface with other engineers, and field personnel to support the execution of component testing.

What's Essential:

• B.S. plus 3 years experience or M.S. plus 1 year experience in Mechanical or Related Engineering Field
• Hands-on experience in:
  • Equipment design
  • Equipment testing (performance)
• Experience designing 3D parts in CAD software (Solidworks preferred)
• Experience producing drawings for manufacturing
• Experience with fits and clearance calculations including tolerance stack analysis
• Basic experience with structural CAE packages such as ansys
• Ability to work independently under direction of manager
• Passion for working at a startup
• Passion for designing / testing hardware

Desirable Experience:

• Hands-on experience in:
  • Equipment manufacturing and installation
• Experience with heat exchangers including plate- and tube-fin technologies
• Experience with sCO2 heat exchanger and/or turbomachinery design, analysis, and testing
• Familiarity developing small-scale prototypes from design to manufacturing
• Familiarity with industrial codes and standards relevant to piping, boilers, pressure vessels, and industrial applications from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and American Petroleum Institute (API)

Heliogen was created at Idealab, the leading technology incubator founded by Bill Gross in 1996.