Staff Mechanical Engineer, Development
At Bloom Energy, our vision for a world powered by clean, reliable, and affordable energy is more than just a dream-we’re making it reality.
For over two decades, we’ve been at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing, energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals, electric grids, manufacturing facilities, and utilities, our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer(SOEC) technologies are redefining what’s possible by delivering energy abundance for all. With more than 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide, we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled “time-to-power” capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm.
At Bloom, we thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation. We believe that, together, we can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
We are looking for a Staff Engineer, Development to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will be based in San Jose, CA . This is a fully on-site, in office role 5 days a week.
Job Description
Sustaining Product Design and Supplier Development Engineer - HB Engineering
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for sustaining product development for reliability improvement, design for manufacturing, and cost reduction
- Responsible for interfacing with quality groups to identify reliability issues in the field, driving root cause, and designing/implementing changes to mitigate these failures.
- Responsible for meeting with manufacturing and supporting design changes to improve manufacturability and driving testing/implementation.
- Responsible for designing/validating/implementing changes to reduce product cost
- Lead technical design transfer to BE Contract Manufacturers and suppliers while meeting established milestones for production release
- Ability to drive process development and improvement to manufacturability and incorporate lessons learned
- Ability to address capacity and design for manufacturing issues with suppliers and engineers
- Utilize engineering knowledge to provide solutions to challenging design and manufacturing problems to suppliers and engineering
- Manage top level assemblies in a PDM system environment and communicate to supplier
- Control drawing and model releases through an ECN process
- Create and manage Solidworks CAD models, drawings and assemblies
- Communicates effectively with cross functional teams and within group
Skills Required:
- Solid understanding of engineering principles
- Proven success working on cross-functional projects
- Excellent Solidworks CAD & drafting knowledge
- Experience with revision control with a CAD vault tool
- Experience with ECN process (Agile)
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly motivated and a self-starter
- Ability to travel overseas (30-50%)
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
- CAD Modeling experience (Solidworks)
The Sustaining Product Design and Supplier Development Engineer is responsible for the design of Bloom’s sustaining product. They will be providing technical support for our field service and quality teams in diagnosing failures and implementing design solutions. They will be interfacing with manufacturing on design improvements for manufacturing and volume as well as reduction in cost. They will be responsible for providing technical support on design and working with NPI/Quality/Supply chain in qualifying new suppliers on existing product. They will work closely with contract manufacturers for qualifying existing product as well as implementing design changes on aggressive timelines.
Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.
At Bloom Energy, we are committed to supporting the well-being of our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees includes competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with a large employer contribution, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with companymatch, generousMental Health Support services, Legal services, virtual Physical Therapy access, and Fertility & Family Forming benefits.
Bloom Energy is committed to fair andequitablecompensation practices.