Solution Design Engineer, Glydways
Intern, Spring/Summer
Autonomous electric transportation
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Autonomous electric transportation
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide a 24/7 mobility service solution that is environmentally net-negative in terms of greenhouse gas production (GHG), and, inherently profitable.
Role
Who you are
- Ability to analyze system-level problems and conduct trade-offs using strong analytical skills
- Ability to conduct research, evaluate project backgrounds, and review reports
- Strong communication skills for simplifying rigorous research and explaining concepts effectively
- Passion for innovation, sustainability, and solving inequality through mobility
- Strong programming skills, preferably with Python and Visual Basic
- 3D modeling, for example using Sketchup or Rhino. Experience with BIM would be a plus
- Experience with transportation modeling is preferred, ideally familiar with microscopic simulation tools such as Vissim/Viswalk or SUMO
What the job involves
- As a Solution Design Engineer for Glydways, and as part of the Solution Design Team, you will be at the forefront of designing and defining the systems that will drive the next generation of urban mobility
- You’ll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of world-class engineers, designers, planners, and project managers working together to create transit solutions that exceed the expectations of our diverse global customer base
- The Solution Design Team is a critical part of our commercial scaling and project development efforts, as no system is one-size-fits-all
- The team is ultimately built around customer success and the competitive application of the Glydways product toward securing contracts
- A critical first step is the evaluation of the business opportunity, project risks, and product fit
- This results in a flexible team that understands the Glydways product holistically, its strengths and weaknesses, and has the discipline to bring them to the forefront for evaluation, approval, proposal generation, product development education, and ultimately, commercial success
- Evaluate opportunities from new customers to understand requirements, estimate use demand patterns, assess ridership, and clarify/document corridor constraints and operational considerations
- Translate customer needs and priorities into a Glydways system design optimized for competitiveness through extensive trade-off analyses
- Develop and apply microscopic traffic simulation models and to support new system design and evaluation, including:
- Fleet sizing based on ridership projections and proposed alignment/routing
- Optimization of key performance metrics, such as individual rider travel times, wait times, energy consumption, fleet utilization
- Performance and cost comparison against traditional aggregated transit modes (bus/train)
- Simulation-based demonstration of new system features, operating modes, and user experience
- Crowd and user experience simulation
- Investigate product gaps and conduct high-level market research to determine solutions. Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, design, and commercial teams to estimate development and implementation risks/costs for new features and products
- Work with the team to ensure insights are incorporated into proposals and support the commercial effort
- Minimum duration of 3 months, 20-40 hours per week minus observed holidays
- Hybrid work with a minimum of one in-office day per week in San Francisco
- Opportunity for contract extension or transition to a full-time position based on performance and business needs
Our take
Although more than 4000 cities across the globe meet the threshold for necessary urban mass transit systems, under 5% of them have the capacity to make it a reality. Glydways' autonomous electricity-powered transport systems could provide a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative for the 95% without rail or transport systems.
Glydways' Personal Rapid Transit systems consist of battery-operated electric vehicles called Glydcars that travel on dedicated rights of way. These “roads” can be built above ground level or through tunnels, and can integrate with other forms of public transport already existing within the city or town.
Whilst the adding of Glydcars infrastructure brings up questions of extra cost, the company’s mass transit solution has nonetheless attracted positive attention, as well as serious investment from the likes of Bill Gates' venture fund Gates Frontier. This round of funding follows news that the Glydcar has been chosen as part of two Californian transport developments, with only time able to reveal how successful the system will be.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2024
$20m
SERIES B
Oct 2023
$56m
SERIES B
Total funding: $76m
Company HQ
Downtown, South San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Mark Seeger
(CSO)Previously Director of Digital Innovation at Ogilvy. Founded M Jeans and GreenIdea, and was a Product Design Engineer at Apple.
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