Mechanical Engineer

Engineering Waterbury, Vermont


Description

Position at KORE Solutions

 

 

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Reports To: Mechanical Engineering Manager

Status: Full-Time

FLSA: Exempt (salaried)

Location: On-site in Waterbury, Vermont 

 

Company Overview

KORE Power, Inc. (KORE) is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and has operations in Waterbury, Vermont (KORE Solutions), and Buckeye, Arizona (KOREPlex). KORE is the leading U.S. based developer of battery cell technology for the clean energy industry. With clients in energy storage, e-mobility, utility, industrial, and mission-critical markets, KORE Power provides the backbone for decarbonization across the globe.

 

Part of contributing to a better world for future generations is our commitment to creating a collaborative and progressive work environment. We offer our employees competitive wages, outstanding benefits, and an opportunity to contribute to meaningful impact. We foster a supportive and inclusive work environment that values unique contributions, encourages creativity, promotes teamwork, and facilitates open communication.

 

Visit us online at www.korepower.com or on LinkedIn to learn more about KORE and our exciting work to build a clean energy future.

 

What We Offer

 

  • A competitive compensation package.
  • Exciting opportunities to further your career with a growing global organization.
  • Purpose-led work with a meaningful impact on the climate. 
  • Generous paid time off includes vacation, sick/medical, and volunteer time.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Comprehensive and affordable health and wellness benefits, including monthly fitness reimbursement.  
  • Retirement plan with a company match and no vesting schedule. 
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development training. 
  • Team-building events and outings.
  • Other perks such as monthly cell phone reimbursement.

 

Your Impact

 

The Mechanical Engineering Manager will be responsible for building the team knowledge, creating or improving departmental processes and setting departmental goals that align with divisional goals and KORE Power policies and procedures.  The ideal candidate will possess exceptional communication skills and become the subject matter expert for the team.   

 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities  

  • Plan, conceptualize, and create mechanical designs for new products.
  • Design to local and regional electrical and building standards.
  • Ability and willingness to learn to read electrical schematics.
  • Drafting of prints and creating a bill of materials for large assemblies.
  • Maintain as-built drawings to support future iterations of repeatable designs from one project to the next.
  • Perform engineering calculations to support design work, including structural, thermal, and electrical loads.
  • Create and review technical drawings, plans, and specifications.
  • Analyzing problems or deficiencies and developing solutions to resolve them.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineering teams and work with customers, vendors, and contractors.
  • Create and maintain detailed documentation to track project development and design process.
  • Work within the given project timeline and scope while minimizing design costs to ensure projects stay within budget.
  • Ability to perform the Mechanical Lead role on specific projects, including team leadership and design review of others' work products, is desired.
  • Experience or willingness to learn HVAC sizing and CFD is desired.
  • Experience or willingness to learn FEA, modal analysis, and fatigue analysis is desired.
  • Experience or willingness to develop expertise in mobile transportation applications is desired.
  • Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
  • Firm grasp of engineering concepts; experience designing mechanical systems and products.
  • Excellent math skills: ability to apply advanced mathematical principles and statistics to solve problems.
  • Experience using CAD software such as SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar.
  • Exceptional technical and problem-solving skills and reasoning ability.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and clearly.
  • Must be self-motivated and a great team worker.
  • Ability to adapt to shifting priorities.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficient with engineering calculations to support design work, including structural, thermal and electrical loads.
  • Knowledge of Battery Energy Storage Systems
  • Knowledge of FEA, Modal analysis and Fatigue analysis. 
  • PE license. 

Work Environment 

  • The ability to communicate orally.
  • Hearing and vision within normal ranges, with or without corrective lenses or an assisted hearing device.
  • Some lifting is expected; occasional exertion of up to 50 lbs. of force may be required. Good manual dexterity is required for the use of computers, mobile devices, and other technologies.

 

Work Eligibility

Job applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer and on an unrestricted basis. KORE is an E-Verify employer, and in compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify their identity and eligibility to work in the U.S.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

 

KORE is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. If you require reasonable accommodation for a disability to access the job application or interview process, please contact Nate Haag at [email protected].

 

KORE is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives is integral to our success and innovation. KORE is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

 

 

KORE Solutions is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics with respect to employment opportunities.