Sila
Mechanical Engineer, Equipment Engineering
About this role
Sila, a battery materials company, is hiring a Mechanical Engineer to design manufacturing-scale reactors for silicon carbon anode production. You'll translate R&D concepts into scalable, production-ready equipment while ensuring safety, reliability, and manufacturability across thermal, fluid, and structural domains.
What you'll do
- Execute mechanical design and development for manufacturing-scale reactors bridging R&D to production
- Perform thermal, fluid, and structural FEA modeling to validate reactor performance
- Develop engineering packages including layouts, IP drawings, datasheets, and specifications
- Apply safety-by-design principles and ensure regulatory compliance
- Coordinate with vendors and fabricators through FAT and field installation
- Maintain controlled engineering documentation throughout project lifecycle
What they're looking for
- Mechanical design software (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, AutoCAD)
- FEA analysis and thermal modeling
- P&ID and fabrication package development
- Reactor systems and thermal/fluid equipment design
- High-temperature equipment design
- Precision tolerancing for complex equipment
- Industrial manufacturing processes
- Safety-by-design principles
Benefits
- Competitive base pay ($128,000–$162,000 annually)
- Equity participation
- Performance bonuses
- Health and wellness benefits
- Opportunity to work on clean energy innovation
- Diverse, inclusive work environment
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Sila
Sila develops innovative lithium-ion batteries using advanced materials and manufactures them at scale in facilities like Moses Lake, WA. The company is hiring for manufacturing and engineering roles including process engineers, operations technicians, electrical engineers, and software developers to optimize production, safety, and internal systems.
View all jobs at SilaLikely interview questions
- Describe your experience designing large-scale manufacturing equipment and how you ensured manufacturability and operability.
- Walk us through your process for performing and validating FEA and thermal analyses on reactor systems.