Mainspring Energy · 3 weeks ago
Director - Controls Software
Menlo Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$212K/yr - $250K/yrMainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with innovative technology. The Director of Controls Software will lead a team responsible for modeling, simulation, and control of the Mainspring Linear Generator, ensuring robust performance through a simulation-first approach.
Clean EnergyEnergyOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and grow a team of world class engineers across domains from dynamics and automation to power and reaction control
Technical Strategy: Drive a "simulation-first" development culture. Oversee the creation of plant models and control strategies, ensuring designs are validated in simulation (MIL/SIL) prior to software implementation
Architecture & Oversight: Provide technical guidance on control architectures, ensuring the mathematical models and control logic are sound, robust, and well-specified
Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Product and Program Management to roadmap features. You will assess technical feasibility and ensure the team delivers validated specifications that meet product requirements
Process Excellence: Establish workflows for algorithm development, including design reviews, requirements traceability, and validation plans
Reliability & Diagnostics: Oversee the development of diagnostics and fail-safes to ensure the generator operates autonomously and safely in the field
Qualification
Required
Multiple years of experience leading and growing high-performance engineering teams
Strong background in control theory (linear and nonlinear), system dynamics, and signal processing
Comfortable reviewing block diagrams, simulation results, and technical specifications
Demonstrated experience with Model-Based Design (MBD) workflows and simulation tools (MATLAB/Simulink, Python, etc.)
Ability to understand complex interactions in electromechanical machines involving sensors, actuators, and thermal/fluid dynamics
BS or MS in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering (or equivalent experience)
Benefits
Pre-IPO stock options
Benefits
Company
Mainspring Energy
Mainspring Energy provides power generation technology using linear generators for clean energy.
Founded in 2010
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$813MKey Investors
General CatalystUS Department of EnergyBloombergNEF
2025-04-14Series F· $258M
2024-10-22Grant· $87M
2023-04-17Grant
Leadership Team
Shannon Miller
CEO and Founder
Adam Simpson
CCO and Founder
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