Asymmetric Upside Engineering

We are looking to hire a part-time mechanical engineer to pursue asymmetric-upside designs. We have numerous engineering projects that have the potential to dramatically add value to Voltic, and thus shipping as a whole. However, the current team doesn’t have the bandwidth to pursue all of them at a high fidelity level. You would own one of these projects.

These are ambitious projects that are extremely high-upside. We have done the initial work proving they are physically and economically possible. However, this is novel engineering. You would be starting with something at (roughly) TRL 3. The goal would be to progress it to (roughly) TRL 6. This will mostly consist of refining designs and building initial prototypes.

Example Projects

• Port infrastructure to enable large vessels to call shallow-water ports
• Semi-autonomous routing of Voltic vessels
• Novel hull designs to substantially reduce weight & drag
• 3D printing vessel hulls

Core responsibilities

• Lead the design, analysis and prototyping of asymmetric upside engineering projects
• Conduct analyses of such systems to ensure survivability in the maritime environment
• Create and maintain technical drawings to be shared with colleagues and manufacturers
• Develop and manage Bills of Material (BOMs) for costing and system build-out
• Physically assemble prototypes in Boston to prove viability of designs.

Qualifications

• Ability to take design from concept to prototype to mass-production
• Willingness to move quickly and build things in the real world
• Experience with Design for Manufacturing/Assembly principles and manufacturing processes (sheet metal, welding, machining, 3D printing, etc.).