Senior Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own specification generation, design, and analysis of mechanical systems, components, and equipment for power generation and surface facilities
• Drive first-principles tradeoff analysis across mechanical and thermal systems to optimize plant performance
• Identify opportunities to simplify, accelerate, and standardize mechanical designs while maintaining technical excellence and reliability
• Inform and support procurement efforts relating to mechanical equipment, systems, and vendor specifications for power plant designs
• Work with urgency and resilience, embracing rapid iteration and maintaining high performance under pressure
• Collaborate closely across disciplines (process, electrical, reservoir, drilling) as well as with external partners to drive integrated solutions
• Contribute to a culture of technical excellence and accountability, modeling the values that define a world-class engineering team
• Act as a mentor to junior engineers and help in their development

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in mechanical engineering in large capital projects
• Proven track record leading projects & design through fabrication and testing
• Deep expertise in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and structural mechanics
• Strong communication and leadership skills; ability to translate technical complexity into clear decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• R&D mechanical engineering design experience is a strong plus

Pay & Benefits

Fervo provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability, flexible paid time off, and paid parental leave. Additionally, Fervo offers an incentive stock options program, a bonus incentive program, and a 401(k) plan with an employer match.

Fervo Energy is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. Expected Salary: $115,000 - $182,000 based on California locality and dependent on experience, pay in other locations may vary.

Fervo Energy reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.