Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, Hgen
Affordable green hydrogen for decarbonization
Open for applications
Affordable green hydrogen for decarbonization
1-20 employees
Open for applications
1-20 employees
Company mission
Hgen's mission is to achieve a clean and sustainable energy future through tackling emissions in hard-to-decarbonize industries.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline (mechanical, aerospace, etc.)
- 5+ years of experience designing and analyzing complex mechanical systems
- Strong understanding of fundamental principals in fluid/gas systems and solid mechanics
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for complex problem solving, and desire to optimize systems holistically
- Strong project management skills and effective communication of technical concepts across multi-disciplinary teams
- First principles based decision making
- Passionate about decarbonization and addressing climate change
Desirable
- Experience designing, building, testing and troubleshooting complex mechanical components and systems
- Industry and hand-on experience with designing high pressure fluid, gas, and/or high voltage systems
- Experience with design for manufacture, and wide range of manufacturing processes for metals and polymers
- Experienced with rapid iterative prototyping through NPI production ramp-up
- Experience in fast-paced iterative design and prototyping environments
What the job involves
- Own the design and development of core components of Hgen's advanced alkaline electrolyzer, from the cell and stack through balance of plant
- Act as the chief engineer, engaging in cross-disciplinary collaboration with engineering and research team arrive at the simplest solutions
- Help drive system-level architecture, with component capabilities and vulnerabilities in mind, to minimize total cost of hydrogen production
Our take
People around the world are changing their day-to-day lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprint, from using electric cars and carpooling to reducing their meat intake. Whilst these actions certainly help, lasting change will only come from innovating hard-to-decarbonize industries, a problem that must be solved directly at the source, with where these industries access their energy.
Hgen provides green hydrogen for hard-to-decarbonize industries, focussing on helping to decarbonize the estimated 25% of total global emissions that are best addressed with green hydrogen. Through its engineering solutions, the company claims to enable cheap and abundant green energy, making the switch affordable and sustainable for large businesses and organizations.
Whilst many companies are already migrating to green energy through other startups, Hgen recognizes that the real change needs to take place within the hardest-to-decarbonize industries. By facilitating green hydrogen within these sectors, the company aims to drive the mass reduction of global carbon footprints. A 2022 funding round will facilitate the expansion of its operations towards widening the company's impact into the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2024
$5m
SEED
Jul 2022
$2m
SEED
Total funding: $7m
Company HQ
Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Molly Yang
(CEO)Experience as Product Manager for Grand Rounds, Inc. from 2014 to 2017. Senior Product Manager at Tesla from 2017 to 2020.
Colin Ho
(CTO)Lead Propulsion Engineer for SpaceX from 2018 to 2020. Experience as Research and Development Consultant for Terraformation Inc. from 2021 to 2022.
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