Lab Support Engineer

over 1 year ago
Full time role
Remote · San Francisco, CA, US... more
Remote · San Francisco, CA, US... more

Company

SPAN is developing products to enable rapid adoption of renewable energy and deliver an intuitive interface for the home. We ...

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Job Description

Our Mission

SPAN develops products that accelerate the rapid adoption of renewable energy in the home. The flagship SPAN Smart Panel is the first true evolution for the traditional home electric panel, harnessing enhanced technology for metering, monitoring, and control. An expanded product suite of intelligent, integrated solutions radically lowers the cost and complexity of energy upgrades–including solar, batteries and EVs–empowering homeowners to be active, resilient and informed players in the energy market. 

 

The Role

We’re looking for a makerspace fabricator! Meaning (1) “a fabricator working out of a makerspace”, and (2) “someone fabricating a makerspace” – we’re basically doing both!

Interested? 

Question #1: Are you a Jeri of all Trades who enjoys creative problem solving and running a ship-shape shop?

Question #2: Are you equally at home with hand-tools and CNC equipment, and haven’t lost the respect for good, ol’ fashion manual machines?

Question #3: Do you ponder the decision whether to use 80/20 or make it all yourself?

Question #4: Does getting your hands dirty mean:

  1. Pulling parts out of a pile of chips after a victorious CNC operation?

  2. Jumping into Solidworks to design the part you just can’t seem to find on McMaster?

  3. Warming up the soldering iron because deadlines are upon us and 200 widgets aren’t going to assemble themselves?

  4. The zen of sweeping the shop after a glorious day of productivity?

  5. All of the above?(Obviously!) 

SPAN is looking for you!

SPAN’s Lab Support Engineering team is a cross-functional group supporting the SPAN engineering organization across the board. We have two main missions: (1) design and create prototypes and test infrastructure, and (2) create and run a shared workshop for users of the Labs. 

Responsibilities

  • Designing and building mechanical and electrical test setups 

  • Building test harnesses and assembling prototypes

  • Developing creative solutions to challenges the engineering team faces

  • Breaking down complex problems into manageable steps

  • Providing key support for the firmware, RMA, customer support, test, and product deployment teams

  • Fostering a productive and safe environment for our team by stocking tools and materials, maintaining machines, and embodying a culture of safety 

  • Working with a high degree of autonomy, with a small team of eccentrics

About You

Required Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of experience in a fast-paced engineering development environment

  • Ability to operate and maintain a wide variety of hand/power tools, shop tools, lab equipment, and warehouse equipment

  • Ability to lift heavy objects (up to 50 lbs)

  • Experience assembling 80/20, Unistrut, or similar mechanical systems

  • Experience with electrical assembly (soldering, wire harnesses) or willingness/ability to learn

  • Comfort reading and building from mechanical drawings

  • Strong interpersonal and communications skills

  • Positive attitude, eagerness to learn, and ability to change direction quickly

  • Local Bay Area candidate (this is an in-office position)

Bonus Qualifications:
  • Experience with home electrical wiring and similar contractor skills

  • Experience using electrical instrumentation (DMM, oscilloscope, logic analyzer)

  • Experience using 3D CAD (Solidworks, On-Shape, Inventor, Fusion360)

  • Experience with rapid prototyping tools (3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and manual machine tools)

  • Comfort with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Trello)

  • First aid / AED / CPR training

Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges. 

Our CEO, Arch Rao⁠—former head of the Tesla Powerwall team⁠—fosters an energetic and collaborative environment, with a strong emphasis on maintaining work-life-balance across the organization.

We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks:

⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company

⚡ Comprehensive benefits (including medical; dental, vision, life and disability insurance)

⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit

⚡ Strong focus on team building and company culture (events, meet-ups, clubs)

⚡ Flexible hours and unlimited PTO

Our Mission & Values:

At SPAN, we believe that powering your home with clean energy should be a simple and delightful experience that is at its essence human-centered and technology-forward.

Our core values include:

  • Making home energy more accessible, intuitive, and convenient.
  • Enabling homes and vehicles to be powered by the sun.
  • Building resilient homes with reliable power.
  • All-electric everything.
  • A more flexible & distributed grid.

Interested in joining our team? Submit an application today and we’ll be in touch with the next steps!

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