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Head of Hardware Engineering - Combustion Systems - Remote

5 hours, 35 minutes ago
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Full-time
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Halo Materials

Halo Materials

Halo Materials is onshoring the production of high-purity graphite, a critical mineral for the advanced nuclear and battery industries, using domestic feedstocks and proprietary technology.

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Description

  • Own system requirements and architecture across mechanical, thermal, combustion, structural, fluid, gas-handling, controls, and instrumentation systems.
  • Lead hardware development from early design and prototyping through integrated builds, field-ready systems, and production planning.
  • Design and qualify combustion hardware, fuel and gas handling, flow and pressure systems, and thermal management.
  • Define verification methods and lead shop testing, integrated system tests, field qualification, troubleshooting, and failure reviews.
  • Create CAD models, drawings, bills of materials, supplier packages, build instructions, and acceptance criteria.
  • Lead design-for-manufacturing and assembly efforts to transition prototypes into reliable production hardware.
  • Manage external engineering firms, fabricators, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and engineering, procurement, and construction partners.
  • Own the hardware schedule, budget, qualification timeline, technical quality, partner deliverables, and production plan.
  • Recruit, mentor, and manage a small hardware engineering team.
  • Collaborate with science, field operations, business, and external partners to resolve technical risks and advance the hardware program.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience leading complex hardware from concept through prototype builds, operational qualification, and production planning.
  • At least 3 years of experience leading hardware development and developing engineering talent.
  • Proficiency with CAD software such as SolidWorks or NX and product lifecycle management systems.
  • Experience with engineering release processes, configuration control, drawings, bills of materials, and supplier documentation.
  • Experience with design for manufacturing and assembly for complex industrial, aerospace, automotive, robotics, or energy hardware.
  • Experience with combustion, thermal, fluid, gas-handling, pressure, power, or large field-equipment systems.
  • Experience with test instrumentation, data acquisition, controls interfaces, inspection methods, qualification plans, and operational readiness reviews.
  • Experience managing engineering firms, fabrication shops, suppliers, contract manufacturers, or EPC partners.
  • Ability to work in a fast-changing, resource-constrained startup environment; frequent travel is required.
  • Experience with CFD for combustion, heat transfer, fluid flow, or gas-handling systems (preferred).
  • Experience moving hardware into first-article or low-rate production, building an early-stage hardware function, or working on high-reliability hardware programs (preferred).

Benefits

  • Significant equity.
  • Remote work, with optional proximity to hubs in the San Francisco Bay Area or New Mexico.
  • Flexible balance of in-person and remote work based on candidate and team needs.

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