Staff Mechanical Engineer, Development

Bloom Energy • San Jose, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

For over two decades, Bloom Energy has 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, their 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, Bloom Energy is the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Their cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled “time-to-power” capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm. At Bloom Energy, employees thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation, believing that together, they can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. This role is for a Staff Engineer, Development to join the team in San Jose, CA, and is a fully on-site, in-office role, 5 days a week.

Requirements

• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• CAD Modeling experience (Solidworks).

Nice To Haves

• Ability to travel overseas (30-50%).

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.

Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with a large employer contribution
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
• Generous Mental Health Support services
• Legal services
• Virtual Physical Therapy access
• Fertility & Family Forming benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior