Lead Mechanical Engineer, Mill
$190-235k
2+ days a week in office (San Bruno, CA)
Food waste recycling company
Be an early applicant
Food waste recycling company
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$190-235k
2+ days a week in office (San Bruno, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To keep food from stinking up your kitchen — and the planet.
Role
Who you are
- BS degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
- 7+ years experience working in mechanical product design designing multiple parts in complex systems. Has a track record of taking multiple products from concept phase to mass production. Home and industrial appliance industries are preferred
- Strong working knowledge of mechanisms, thermals, and fluid dynamics
- Expertise in CAD modeling, experience with NX is preferred
- Detailed knowledge plastics and metal part manufacturing processes (die casting, sheet metal, investment casting, CNC machining, plating/finishing) along with other fabrication methods for high volume production
- Mastery of Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Tolerance Analysis, GD&T
- Experience performing simulations (FEA, Thermal, CFD) and rapid prototyping to validate designs
- Demonstrated ability to apply engineering fundamentals to find simple solutions to complex problems
- Self driven with strong organization and communication skills
- Ability to travel up to 10%
What the job involves
- As a member of Mill’s Product Design Engineering team, you will be part of a cross functional team to design, validate and ship Mill’s next generation hardware products
- You will work closely with other members of the PD team as well as cross functional groups including Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Reliability, Product Management and Operations
- Lead the mechanical design of a next generation Mill Food Recycler with a focus on energy efficiency, reliability, size optimization and UX. Collaborate cross-functionally with electrical engineering, systems engineering, firmware, industrial design, product management, and business development teams to incorporate key constraints and requirements into the final product
- Develop novel approaches for grinding, heating, condensing, and emptying mechanisms via proof of concept prototypes, thermal and structural simulations, and physical mock ups
- Engineer parts and systems for scale with careful consideration of cost, part consolidation, ease of assembly, and repairability
- Work with Mill operations team, suppliers, and CM partners to source customs and OTS components, validate manufacturing processes, and troubleshoot both factory and field issues
- Drive testing and validation across thermal, mechanical, durability, and safety dimensions—ensuring the product meets certification standards and product lifetime requirements
- Mentor and support engineers earlier in their career as we work through multiple phases of product development
Our take
Wasted food and its decomposition do more for CO2 emissions globally than the entire airline industry combined. Whilst food waste bins run by local councils in the US do redirect the majority of food waste to recycling plants, there are still holes to plug, which is exactly what Mill is doing.
For a yearly subscription, customers can buy and use a combined waste tracking and impact app alongside the company’s purpose-made food waste bin. Unlike other bins for food waste, Mill’s product shrinks and dehydrates waste so that there’s no smell or runoff. Mill will dispose of your waste themselves, and use it for sustainable chicken feed.
With a number of high profile environmentally-friendly investors behind them, the Mill ecosystem has a range of benefits for company subscribers as well as individuals. Restaurants and offices can subscribe to Mill and help to move towards sustainability goals, whilst partnerships with local farms provide a solid revenue structure.
Mill is only available in the US, but since its successful first-gen launch in 2023, it has been using funding from that year to enhance its product offering and reach a wider market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2023
$70m
SERIES C
Jan 2023
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $170m
Company HQ
San Bruno, CA
Leadership
Harry Tannenbaum
(Founder & President)Previously Director of Hardware at Google, Director of Business Analytics and eCommerce at Nest Labs and Analyst at Gleacher Partner.
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