About Redwood Materials

Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 to create a circular supply chain for electric vehicles and clean energy products, making them more sustainable and driving down the cost for batteries. We’re doing this by developing and deploying new technologies to increase the scope and scale of recycled and sustainable materials in the global battery supply chain.

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Electrochemical Cell Design

Redwood Materials is looking for a mechanical engineer with extensive experience in custom machine design and automated equipment to develop advanced solutions for a wide range of applications from industrial bulk solids/materials handling to more intricate manufacturing processes requiring a high degree of precision and control.

Responsibilities will include:

• Design, build, and commission electrochemical cells at the lab, pilot and production scale.
• Improve existing equipment with targeted upgrades, including automation.
• Create concepts/layouts and work with stakeholders to define architecture.
• Develop detailed specifications to define machine and process requirements.
• Create detailed mechanical designs and select hardware/components.
• Good understanding of materials, material compatibility, and design for lifetime.
• Perform engineering calculations and FEA to validate equipment and tool designs.
• Create models, detailed drawings, and bills of materials.
• Develop control narrative and collaborate with controls engineering to execute.
• Conduct machine acceptance testing to validate conformance with specification.
• Develop operating and maintenance manuals and conduct training.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in machine design for diverse applications.
• Experience designing for 24/7 industrial use, with safety and reliability at forefront.
• Experience designing electrochemical cells.
• Structural design (skids, equipment supports, mezzanines).
• Tank design (pressure vessel and/or reactor/containment/agitated).
• Piping design.
• Highly proficient with Solid Modeling 3D CAD, SolidWorks preferred.
• Skilled in creating detailed drawings, with strong knowledge of GD&T.
• Well versed in all types of machine/automation components, sensors, vision systems, electro-mechanical actuators, motion control, pneumatics, hydraulics, etc.
• FEA and CFD experience.
• Working knowledge of machine shop fabrication processes and machine building.
• Measurement system analysis experience.
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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