Torus
Director of Mechanical Engineering
Salt Lake City, UT · Director · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
Performance ManagementThermal AnalysisStructural AnalysisMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- You will stay close enough to the work to make sound calls and earn your engineers' respect, but your primary output is the team's capability, the quality bar, and engineering decisions that set that direction.
Responsibilities
- We design, engineer, manufacture, install, and support our systems end-to-end, standing behind them throughout their lifecycle.
- Torus is committed to American manufacturing, engineering excellence, and building energy systems that last.
- Your work will help build energy infrastructure that supports and strengthens our electrical grid, critical systems, industry, and communities for decades to come.
- As Director of Mechanical Engineering at Torus, you will own the technical direction and day-to-day execution of our mechanical engineering team, building a culture of engineering excellence, mentorship, and disciplined design practice across rotating machinery, structural systems, thermal management, and electromechanical integration.
Requirements
- You can look at a rotor assembly, a thermal management layout, or a structural frame and immediately form a view on where the risk is.
- You can zoom out to assess system-level risk and zoom back in to solve a hard mechanical problem alongside your team.
Nice to have
- high-speed rotors, flywheels, motors, or turbomachinery
Company info
- We are looking for an experienced mechanical engineering leader who builds and scales a high-performing team while maintaining the technical credibility to guide hard decisions.
- We are the world's first mesh energy infrastructure, uniting communities through resilient, sustainable, and intelligent power.
- This investor confidence reflects the strength of our team, technology as well as the scale of the problem we are solving.
- At Torus, you will be part of something larger than a single product or technology.
- We are looking for people who want to solve hard problems and build things that matter.
- About the Role We are looking for an experienced mechanical engineering leader who builds and scales a high-performing team while maintaining the technical credibility to guide hard decisions.
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