Staff Mechanical Engineer

Staff Mechanical Engineer will own Solcoa's mechanical and thermal design of the high-temperature reactors. You radically simplify the mechanical and thermal designs, optimize the design for ease of manufacturability, assembly, and maintenance. The manufactured and modular reactors will be deployed to Solcoa One, the largest rare earth metallization plant in the US, and will be capable of producing any rare earth metal in a standardized process.

• Reactor Design. Own the mechanical and thermal design of Solcoa’s modular high-temperature reactors, from concept through operating hardware. Translate process requirements into integrated designs for reactor vessels, crucibles, seals, and metal-handling mechanisms.
• Thermal and Mechanical Validation. Use first-principles calculations, simulation, and instrumented testing to validate heat transfer, thermal expansion, structural loads, and component life under repeated thermal cycling. Resolve heating, cooling, vacuum-integrity, and material-compatibility problems with the thermal and research teams to improve throughput and reliability.