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Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Big Machines

McCarran, NV💼 Full-time💰 $147,500–$147,500🗓 2026-08-01 → 2026-09-27

Core

Design, build, and activate low-volume custom machinery and infrastructure for industrial-scale battery recycling operations, including kilns, knife gates, and conveyance systems operating in corrosive, high-temperature environments.

Role type

Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (Big Machines)

Builds

Industrial-scale machinery and production assets for battery recycling

Domain

Battery recycling / Circular economy / Heavy industrial manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> infrastructure

Required skills

Structural sizing, mechanism design, hardware fabrication, CAD modeling (SolidWorks/NX/CATIA), engineering hand calculations, FEA, GD&T application, welded structure design, mechanical mechanism testing, sensor integration

Preferred skills

Technical product development, large CAD assembly management, statistical data analysis, equipment manufacturing implementation, controls engineering collaboration

Technologies

SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, FEA tools

Responsibilities

Lead design, build, and activation of custom machinery; Collaborate with production engineering to debug equipment and maximize rates; Execute structural sizing and mechanism design; Create detailed models and engineering prints; Perform engineering hand calculations and analysis; Support machine activation and development testing

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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