Arbor Energy
Sr. Mechanical Engineer - Turbomachinery
El Segundo, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$175kDetected 50 days ago
Siemens NXANSYSFEAThermal AnalysisStructural AnalysisMechanical DesignPower Electronics
About the role
- BECCS is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approach that uses biomass to produce energy and remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and store it permanently underground, while ensuring food security, rural livelihoods, and biodiversity are not affected.
- Our team brings together a passion for science, technology, and global stewardship to make low-cost, high-quality carbon removal and baseload power a reality.
- This is an onsite opportunity in our El Segundo, CA office.
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize rotors and/or casings for high-performance turbomachinery using NX.
- Perform static and transient thermomechanical analysis using ANSYS.
- Perform thermal analysis to assess the effects of temperature gradients and thermal expansion.
- Ensure designs meet operational, thermal, and mechanical performance requirements.
- Collaborate with combustion and systems teams.
- Support manufacturing, assembly, and testing efforts to validate designs.
- We build for tomorrow, ensuring every bolt we tighten and every hand we lend leaves our environment stronger than we found it.
- This role involves conceptual design, assembly architecture selection, material selection, and structural analysis, ensuring high-performance, reliable operation under demanding conditions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a related Engineering field.
- 3+ years of experience in turbomachinery design or mechanical system engineering.
- Proficiency in ANSYS FEM software for stress, thermal, and thermomechanical analysis.
- Strong understanding of bolted joint, seal, and flange design.
- Experience with static, transient, and thermal structural analysis of rotating systems.
- Familiarity with materials selection for high-stress and high-temperature applications.
Nice to have
- Experience in creep analysis for high-temperature applications.
- Knowledge of rotordynamics and vibration analysis of rotating machinery.
- Experience working with supercritical CO₂ or high-density working fluids.
- Proficiency in NX CAD software
- Experience in startup or R&D environments.
- 12+ company holidays, including Earth Day!
Compensation
- $150,000 - $175,000 USD/year.
- The salary is subject to the applicant's skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
- Our Commitment
- Solving global energy challenges requires a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and we are committed to building a team that reflects the world we serve.
- Our hiring process is designed to be accessible, fair, and focused on the work that matters most for this role.
- Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process and employment-please let us know if you need one.
Benefits
- Pre-IPO stock options
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (Arbor covers 90% for employees)
- Basic life insurance fully covered
- Health savings account (HSA) with matching
- Flexible savings account (FSA)
- Commuter benefits
Company info
- At Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation ("Arbor Energy"), we're creating technology to power our lives while protecting the planet that sustains them. Our advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions-modular, fuel-flexible, and engineered for the realities of today's energy demand. At the core is a supercritical CO₂ turbine with integrated carbon capture, designed to bring carbon-neutral power online quickly at meaningful scale.
- Our team includes aerospace engineers, combustion experts, and systems thinkers with a shared goal: to build technology worthy of the world we want to live in. While many of us began our journeys looking to the stars, we're applying that expertise here at home to deliver dependable, emission-free baseload power and a future of lasting abundance.
- If you share our values and are drawn to rigorous work with lasting impact, we'd love to learn more about you. Come build what the future will run on.
- Steward our planet: We build for tomorrow, ensuring every bolt we tighten and every hand we lend leaves our environment stronger than we found it.
- At Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation ("Arbor Energy"), we're creating technology to power our lives while protecting the planet that sustains them.
- Our advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions-modular, fuel-flexible, and engineered for the realities of today's energy demand.
- At the core is a supercritical CO₂ turbine with integrated carbon capture, designed to bring carbon-neutral power online quickly at meaningful scale.
- Our team includes aerospace engineers, combustion experts, and systems thinkers with a shared goal: to build technology worthy of the world we want to live in.
- While many of us began our journeys looking to the stars, we're applying that expertise here at home to deliver dependable, emission-free baseload power and a future of lasting abundance.
- If you share our values and are drawn to rigorous work with lasting impact, we'd love to learn more about you.
- Come build what the future will run on.
- Lead with Love: We champion the success of our people, partners, and planet, nurturing excellence through camaraderie and rigor.
- Explore the Uncharted: We embrace the unknown with curiosity, using courage and discipline to transform uncertainty into opportunity.
- We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the design and analysis of rotors and casings for turbomachinery in a supercritical CO₂-based power cycle.
Equal opportunity
- Arbor Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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