Mechanical Engineer, Innovation
About The Position
This role is the go-to engineering resource for geothermal innovation at Brightcore, sitting within the Geothermal business unit. This person owns the engineering analysis behind the Innovation roadmap — evaluating new geothermal products and services at every stage of development, from first-light technical feasibility and customer value proposition work, through prototyping and experimentation, to go-to-market testing and full product rollout and scale-up. The role spans multiple concurrent roadmap items at different points in the development chain, unified by rigorous engineering analysis of novel approaches to geothermal heating and cooling.
Requirements
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
- 3–5 years in HVAC, data center design & operation, hydronic, geothermal, or mission-critical mechanical design and analysis.
- Strong grounding in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics; comfort reasoning through equipment performance metrics (COP, EER, approach temperatures, heat transfer rates).
- Working proficiency with energy/load modeling tools (e.g., TRNSYS, EnergyPlus, HAP, or equivalent) and Excel-based engineering models.
- Ability to carry ambiguous concept work — from first-light feasibility through prototype to product requirement — to a defensible, documented result without heavy supervision.
- Fluent with AI tools.
- Ability to do basic coding in python, or quickly come up the learning curve.
Responsibilities
- Design innovative geothermal heating and cooling solutions, evaluating detailed HVAC, fluid flow, and geothermal modeling for novel approaches.
- Analyze heat transfer and fluid dynamics, and evaluate the performance and efficiency of heat pumps, boilers, chillers, and related HVAC equipment.
- Serve as the go-to technical resource across the Innovation team for geothermal engineering questions.
- Evaluate technical feasibility and customer value proposition for new geothermal innovation roadmap items, from first-light concepts through detailed design.
- Develop techno-economic analyses (TEA) and initial design concepts for novel geothermal products and services.
- Lead prototyping efforts spanning desktop TEA models and lab-based physical prototypes to validate new solutions.
- Design and run experiments on existing systems to generate performance data and test hypotheses.
- Translate engineering analysis into product requirement documents (PRDs) for engineering, product, and business development teams.
- Create go-to-market test materials and technical collateral supporting customer-facing pilots.
- Support initial customer engagements and full product rollout and scale-up as roadmap items mature into commercial offerings.
- Partner with the Brightcore EDGE monitoring team, BCE Design engineering, and business development across the innovation pipeline.
- Prepare drawings, calculations, and study drafts for review by licensed professional engineers.
- All other duties and projects as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401k plans
- Dollar-for-dollar match of up to 3% of contributions
- 0.50 match on the next 2% for a total potential match of 4% annually
- PTO
- Financial Wellness Benefits
- Benefit Concierge Program through Health Advocate
- EAP - Employee Assistance Program
- Disability Benefits
- Life Benefits
- AD&D Benefits
- Access to Marketplace for Discounted Goods & Services
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
