Exowatt

Exowatt

Mechanical Engineer - Optical Systems (Miami, FL)

Miami, FL · Junior

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PythonAgentic AISupply ChainSolidWorksCreoANSYSFEAStructural AnalysisGD&TRoboticsMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringResearchCommunicationRenewable EnergyTolerance Analysis

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About the role

  • hold optical precision on a large structure that moves all day, outdoors, under wind, gravity, and thermal swings, all at a cost that can scale to thousands of units.
  • Your main focus will be optomechanical assemblies:
  • designing, fabricating, assembling, aligning, and testing the hardware that positions optical elements (lenses and mirrors, for example) on our trackers.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and align optomechanical assemblies for the tracker platforms (optic mounts, frames, and alignment and adjustment features), owning them end to end: idea, CAD model, fabricated parts, assembled and working hardware
  • Build hardware hands-on: assemble prototypes and test articles, fixture and align optics, work through fit-up issues at the bench, and turn what you learn into the next design revision fast
  • Support test stand build, instrumentation, and commissioning: sensor mounting, wiring, calibration, DAQ integration, first light, and commissioning runs
  • multimeter, oscilloscope, and Python debugger in the same afternoon, root-causing failures and driving corrective actions back into the design
  • Work AI-native: drive the scripting, analysis, and documentation around your hardware with AI coding agents, and help make the team's test and simulation infrastructure agent-ready so campaigns can run overnight without a human babysitting them
  • Build and revise CAD models in PTC Creo and SolidWorks
  • develop drawing packages with GD&T (ASME Y14.5) for fabrication, weldments, and assemblies, run tolerance stack-up analyses, and iterate against fabrication feedback
  • Support structural analysis across tracker platforms: first-principles hand calculations, ANSYS FEA for detailed analysis, SAP2000 for code-checked wind-load combinations under ASCE 7-22
  • Maintain subsystem-level BOMs and handle vendor follow-ups: slew drives, optical components, fasteners, sheet-metal fabrication
  • Document analysis, build progress, and decisions on the team wiki: methodology pages, test plans, weekly status, design memos

Requirements

  • 1+ years of hands-on build or design experience with real hardware
  • Working knowledge of a parametric CAD tool
  • Ability to back up simulation with first-principles hand calculations, and to run structured root-cause analysis when hardware misbehaves
  • Comfort with shop and bench work: hand tools, fixturing, assembly, and careful mechanical work on precision hardware
  • Coursework or hands-on project experience in solid mechanics, statics, dynamics, and finite element analysis
  • Comfort troubleshooting electromechanical systems hands-on: wiring harnesses, sensors, motor drivers, encoders, microcontrollers, and the firmware or software talking to them
  • expect us to ask you to show how you work with AI the same way we ask about your bench skills
  • If selected, relocation to Miami, FL is required.
  • BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related discipline
  • 1+ years of hands-on build or design experience with real hardware; internships, co-ops, research labs, and major project-team roles count
  • Working knowledge of a parametric CAD tool; the team uses PTC Creo and SolidWorks
  • Working understanding of GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and tolerance stack-up analysis
  • Familiarity with common fabrication processes (machining, sheet metal, welding, 3D printing) and design-for-manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA) principles
  • Fluency with

Nice to have

  • Additional Requirements:

Compensation

  • What We Offer: Competitive salary and equity options.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity options.
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and retirement plans.
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