Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer

• Specification and Design: Own specification generation, design, and analysis of mechanical systems, components, and equipment for power generation and surface facilities.
• Tradeoff Analysis: Drive first-principles tradeoff analysis across mechanical and thermal systems to optimize plant performance and system requirements against cost and speed of construction and deployment.
• Plant Layout: Support the internally owned design and direction of the power plant layout, including high-level trade studies of each individual commodity (piping, electrical, steel, etc.) to inform layout.
• CAD Design and BOM Ownership: Lead large-scale CAD design and ownership of the surface facilities to ensure the BOM structure reflects the ground reality of what is being built.
• Standardization: Identify opportunities to simplify, accelerate, and standardize mechanical designs while maintaining technical excellence and reliability.
• Procurement Support: Inform and support procurement efforts for mechanical equipment, systems, and vendor specifications for equipment designs.
• Extreme Ownership: Take responsibility for cost, safety, and constructability in addition to design and requirements. Work with urgency and resilience, embracing rapid iteration and maintaining high performance under pressure.
• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Collaborate closely across disciplines (process, electrical, reservoir, drilling) as well as with external partners to drive integrated solutions.
• Culture and Mentorship: 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.

R&D mechanical engineering design experience is a strong plus

• Fervo offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and life outside of work. Benefits for eligible employees include:
• Medical, dental, and vision plan options
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage
• A 401(k) plan with up to 6% match
• Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave
• Family-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot
• A dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses
• An annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care
• Employee ownership opportunities through Fervo’s Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles
• Benefits and programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may change.