The Boring Company
Test & Reliability Engineer
Bastrop, USA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1513 days ago
PythonMATLABFEAPCB DesignMechanical DesignResearchPublic SpeakingOSHAThermodynamics
About the role
- These machines will be responsible for creating thousands of miles of tunnel and making tunnels a viable method of transportation.
- A Test Engineer at The Boring Company plays a pivotal role in the development and evaluation of tunneling boring machines.
- Their work is critical to ensuring that TBMs meet the highest standards of performance and safety for the challenging task of tunnel excavation.
Responsibilities
- Design and conduct experiments that serve to optimize the tunneling process (increase speed, reduce cost).
- Design and conduct experiments that validate machine reliability.
- Develop data-based models for key tunneling parameters.
Requirements
- Bachelor or graduate degree in physics, chemistry, math and/or engineering.
- Hands-on hardware experience fabricating and assembling complex systems - can be in a professional, academic or recreational setting.
- 1+ year of experience analyzing data using software (Python, Mathematica, Matlab, R, etc.).
Nice to have
- Experience on cross-functional technical projects (mechanical, electrical, software).
- Experience analyzing data using Python.
- Basic knowledge of tunnel boring processes and related systems (excavation, ground conditioning, grout, tunnel lining, muck removal, etc.) Culture We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people.
- The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Company info
- The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels.
- Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
- The Prufrock team creates the world's fastest tunnel boring machines.
- They are responsible for designing and operating test stands, designing experiments, conducting extensive testing, ensuring safety and reliability, analyzing data, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to the ongoing improvement of TBM technology.
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