Fleetzero
Mechanical Engineering Manager - Product Design & Production (Team Leader)
Fleetzero, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246
Overview
Mechanical Engineering Manager - Product Design & Production (Team Leader). ENGINEERS WANTED for hazardous journey. Low wages, high voltages, long hours of difficult technical work, safe career choice doubtful. Riches and Glory in case of success. The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads Fleetzero’s product design, testing, and production efforts. You will lead your team through a highly iterative hardware development process that emphasizes quickly building physical prototypes, testing them in real-world conditions, improving the design, and testing again until product design criteria are exceeded. Successful candidates will intuitively understand that an interactive design process is faster and results in safer and higher-quality products than traditional linear or waterfall design processes.
Responsibilities
Lead the Mechanical Engineering, shop, and production teams.
Lead a highly capable team through the full lifecycle of marine mechanical systems from need identification, solution scoping, CAD design and modeling, prototype construction, testing and revisions cycles, production testing and revisions cycles, in-field testing, and production system development.
Oversee design and testing of core ship systems, including propulsion battery modules, enclosures, thermal management, and structural vessel integration, cargo securing, lifting and hoisting, and other key marine equipment.
Lead the team in developing and improving the production system, including robotic arms, laser welders, and robotic and manual assembly.
Collaborate across electrical, marine, and software teams
Manage project timelines, resources, budgets, and supplier relationships
Support the opening of new production facilities
Qualifications
Track record of managing people in hazardous environments
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
10+ years of mechanical engineering experience, including 3+ years in leadership roles.
Experience in marine engineering, energy storage systems, or automotive preferred
Proficiency with design tools such as SolidWorks
Shop floor fluency (welding, cutting, turning, milling, additive mfg., etc.)
Strong first-principles engineering knowledge, including a basic understanding of material properties, an understanding of practical physics, heat flow, and statics and mechanics.
Proven leadership, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Bonus Skills
Any proficiency with robotics, programming, or electrical engineering
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in most full time offers and are considered part of Fleetzero's total compensation package.
Fleetzero does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Industries
Civil Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering Manager - Product Design & Production (Team Leader). ENGINEERS WANTED for hazardous journey. Low wages, high voltages, long hours of difficult technical work, safe career choice doubtful. Riches and Glory in case of success. The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads Fleetzero’s product design, testing, and production efforts. You will lead your team through a highly iterative hardware development process that emphasizes quickly building physical prototypes, testing them in real-world conditions, improving the design, and testing again until product design criteria are exceeded. Successful candidates will intuitively understand that an interactive design process is faster and results in safer and higher-quality products than traditional linear or waterfall design processes.
Responsibilities
Lead the Mechanical Engineering, shop, and production teams.
Lead a highly capable team through the full lifecycle of marine mechanical systems from need identification, solution scoping, CAD design and modeling, prototype construction, testing and revisions cycles, production testing and revisions cycles, in-field testing, and production system development.
Oversee design and testing of core ship systems, including propulsion battery modules, enclosures, thermal management, and structural vessel integration, cargo securing, lifting and hoisting, and other key marine equipment.
Lead the team in developing and improving the production system, including robotic arms, laser welders, and robotic and manual assembly.
Collaborate across electrical, marine, and software teams
Manage project timelines, resources, budgets, and supplier relationships
Support the opening of new production facilities
Qualifications
Track record of managing people in hazardous environments
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
10+ years of mechanical engineering experience, including 3+ years in leadership roles.
Experience in marine engineering, energy storage systems, or automotive preferred
Proficiency with design tools such as SolidWorks
Shop floor fluency (welding, cutting, turning, milling, additive mfg., etc.)
Strong first-principles engineering knowledge, including a basic understanding of material properties, an understanding of practical physics, heat flow, and statics and mechanics.
Proven leadership, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Bonus Skills
Any proficiency with robotics, programming, or electrical engineering
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in most full time offers and are considered part of Fleetzero's total compensation package.
Fleetzero does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Industries
Civil Engineering
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Fleetzero by 2x
Get notified about new Mechanical Engineering Manager jobs in
Houston, TX .
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