
Research Engineer, Mechanical
Gridware
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $165,000 - $180,000 per year
About the role
- Continuously analyze and investigate sensor-derived measurements across our fleet. Identify anomalies, characterize measurement behavior across device populations, and develop the workflows and tooling to do this at scale.
- Develop the computation, investigation, and reporting infrastructure that delivers measurement products to utility customers on a recurring basis.
- Build and maintain analysis pipelines—using Python, SQL, and related tools—to connect sensor outputs to physical metadata and develop narratives about where our measurements are and are not effective.
- Support internal and field validation efforts by performing data analysis, preparing comparison datasets, and helping characterize measurement error across device cohorts.
- Collaborate closely with algorithm developers, product managers, and engineers to operationalize new capabilities from measurement to customer delivery.
- Communicate findings clearly through documentation, presentations, and technical reports.
Requirements
- MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, or a closely related field and 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Strong fundamentals in solid mechanics: beam theory, stress analysis, structural loading. Able to reason from first principles about what physical conditions produce the stresses and deflections we measure.
- Scientific computing: comfortable building analysis pipelines in Python, MATLAB, or equivalent to investigate and report system performance across large datasets.
- Experience with exploratory data analysis—identifying patterns, anomalies, and cohort-level behavior in noisy real-world data.
- Clear technical communication and documentation skills.
- Comfortable working on ambiguous technical problems and learning new domains quickly.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
- Paid parental leave
- Alternating day off (every other Monday)
- “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
- Commuter allowance
- Company-paid training
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLMATLABdata analysisexploratory data analysissolid mechanicsbeam theorystress analysisstructural loadingmeasurement error characterization
Soft Skills
technical communicationdocumentation skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityanalytical thinkingpresentation skillsattention to detailcritical thinkinglearning agility