Head of Engineering, Heliostats
Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on eliminating the need for fossil fuels using the power of sunlight and software. Heliogen has invented the world’s first Sunlight Refinery™ – a green hydrogen and 24/7 electricity plant – capable of concentrating, capturing, and refining sunlight into cost-effective energy on demand, paving the way for an economical and full-scale global transition to a green economy by 2050.
You Aspire To:
Build and lead the team that designs, builds, tests and deploys the mirror and two-axis tracker systems that precisely redirect the sun’s rays to focus it into high-temperature thermal energy. Heliostats lie at the intersection of robotics, designing for reliability and manufacturability, electronics, software and optics. Our innovative Heliostat technology has allowed Heliogen to harness the sun’s power more accurately and efficiently than ever before.
- Build and lead teams that engineer solutions which have never existed before with ambitious cost and performance requirements
- Own a critical and complex system that spans hardware, software and electrical engineering
- Build diverse and representative teams and create an environment where engineers can grow and innovate
What’s Essential:
- A desire to use your skills for the good of the planet
- Experience building and leading multi-function engineering teams across: hardware, robotics, and software
- Track record of delivering high-volume products on-time and on-budget
- Clear communication with internal stakeholders, customers, partners, and other third parties
Heliogen was created at Idealab, the leading technology incubator. For more information about Heliogen, please visit heliogen.com