Senior Mechanical Engineer

Do you want to combat the climate crisis through transformative building solutions? We have an opportunity to use your skills to contribute to energy efficiency and decarbonization.

Ecotope is looking for a creative, motivated, and organized Mechanical Engineer IV to lead projects to design, research, develop, test, demonstrate, and verify performance of innovative technologies needed to decarbonize the building sector. We are a mission-driven company dedicated to transforming the building industry away from the use of fossil fuels to highly efficient all-electric systems. Our work at Ecotope focuses on three responses that the building industry needs to make to the climate crisis:

• Electrify Buildings: Stop burning fossil fuels in our buildings and transition to highly efficient heat pump systems and other electric technologies.

• Efficiency is Energy: Work towards driving down the energy use in buildings to free up grid capacity for electric vehicles.

• When Matters: As our grid transitions to reliance on solar and wind generation, we strive to develop the technology to shift our energy use away from peak demand periods and into times of the day with plentiful solar energy.

At Ecotope, we value creative, focused, highly communicative, and thoughtful individuals who bring a “can do” attitude. We seek out individuals who are aligned with our mission and are not afraid to challenge the status quo with leading edge scientific advancements.

As a Mechanical Engineer IV, some of the things that you may work on include:

• Managing all aspects of design projects from initiation to completion. The successful candidate will work collaboratively and efficiently to deliver high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective engineering solutions, while meeting client expectations, project budgets, and project timelines.
• Participate in demonstration projects for emerging technologies and design strategies to drive market transformation. Apply lessons learned for design improvements and validate effectiveness of new technologies.
• Coordinate internal resourcing with broader team to delegate assignments effectively to staff.
• Provide QA/QC review for the design team.
• Maintain best practice standards and implement across the team.
• Existing buildings audits and construction administration. Approximately 5-10% of this role requires travel to project sites.

 

The biggest challenges that you will face:

• Creatively develop simple solutions to complex challenges that multiple parties with different requirements can all agree upon.
• Managing a wide variety of different types of projects that include MEP design work, existing building audits, market transformation by demonstrating emerging technologies and design strategies, and support performance verification (M&V) of systems.
• Provide project deliverables on-time and within budget while fostering strong client relationships.
• Manage workload despite shifting schedules and project timelines.

 

Valuable abilities/attributes to excel in this position:

• Practical engineering design sense needed to integrate new technologies into real world building applications in new and existing buildings.
• Focus on finding the simplest, most accessible solutions.
• Change-oriented and able to approach new problems with little ego and a child’s mind; always seeking a better and simpler way of doing things.
• Ability to communicate within team and across departments.
• Effective communication across disciplines – engineers, developers, owners, architects, analysts, policy experts, etc.
• Ability to take a first-principles physics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics approach to understanding energy use in buildings.

 

Qualifications and previous experience that will help you quickly engage with our work:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in engineering with 6+ years of experience. Professional Engineering (PE) license, or actively working towards licensure.
• Sound writing skills, including the ability to write in a variety of styles and translate technical information for general readers. Excellent oral communication skills a plus.
• Well versed in building codes and green building rating systems (LEED, LBC, etc)
• Proficiency with AutoCAD 2D, Revit, Trane/Trace, Microsoft 365, Bluebeam Revu.
• Experience using energy modeling software (EnergyPlus, eQuest, or IES), preferred.

Work Arrangement:

• This position is hybrid. There is an expectation of 3 days a week minimum in office. 

Compensation:

• Salary: $106,389 – $150,247
• Eligible for profit-sharing bonuses

Benefits:

• 100% paid medical benefits for employee
• 3% safe harbor to 401k regardless of whether the employee chooses to contribute
• Profit sharing
• Paid sick leave
• 160 hours of vacation plus a winter break closure for the last week of the year
• 8 additional company holidays
• Complimentary unlimited ORCA card
• Up to $2,000 annual training/development funds

How to apply:

Please send your resume and cover letter to talent@ecotope.com, with subject line: “Mechanical Engineer IV Applicant – Ecotope”

Submit one (1) PDF file containing:

• Cover letter (submissions without a cover letter will not be considered)
• Resume