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About Us

At Saildrone, we sustainably explore, map, and monitor the oceans to understand, protect, and preserve our world. We provide real-time access to critical data from any ocean on earth, 24/7/365, and use proprietary software applications to transform that data into actionable insights and intelligence. Our fleet of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), powered by renewable wind and solar power, have a minimal carbon footprint and operate without the need for a crewed support vessel. Saildrone works with governments, civil agencies, foundations, universities, and private companies around the globe to drive better information about our oceans and seas—from sailing into the eye of a category 4 hurricane to obtain new data about how storms intensify, collecting new CO2 data in hard-to-reach areas, and counting fish biomass to inform sustainable fishery management, to mapping the ocean floor and reducing illegal fishing and drug trafficking. As a result of our work, Saildrone has been included on Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, earned an Ocean Awards’ Innovation Award, won Best Tech For Good from the Timmy Awards, and was recognized by Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism 50 list of the Top 50 Companies Kickstarting American Renewal. Our first-annual Atlantic hurricane mission with NOAA was included as one of The New York Times’ 21 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2021 and Popular Science's 100 Greatest Innovations of 2021.

We are based in Alameda, CA, with offices in Washington DC, St. Petersburg, FL, and Fall River, MA, and operate our missions worldwide. Saildrone is backed by top-tier investors in the frontier tech and sustainability sectors, including Social Capital, Capricorn, Lux Capital, BOND Capital, and Emerson Collective.

This is an exciting opportunity with a fast-growing team at the cutting-edge intersection of big data services and autonomous hardware. You will be an integral part of a high-performing multi-disciplinary delivering high impact for humanity and future generations.

The Role

We are seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to help in the creation and productionizing of components, mechanisms and assemblies for our existing and under development vehicles.

As a Manufacturing Engineer at Saildrone you will be bringing a fresh perspective to engineering problem solving. You will use your interpersonal skills to help accelerate hardware creation and increase the quality of rapid turnaround designs while ensuring design intent isn’t lost when development transitions to production.

Our small, close-knit team offers leadership visibility and the chance to have a direct impact on the hardware we sail around the world to collect first-in-class data. You will be a part of a team of talented individuals who are just as passionate about supporting one another as they are about our planetary mission. Honesty and the ability to accept feedback are critical, as are a sense of humor and the general ability to have fun!

Required skills and experience

• Ability to identify where new tooling or custom processes will have the largest impacts on production efficiency and be able to quickly define solutions to close those gaps
• Can perform GD&T and create/ check engineering drawings and BOMs
• Experience with 3D CAD software such as NX, Solidworks, Fusion 360, Catia etc.
• Experience in a fast paced, iterative design environment within marine, automotive, aerospace or similar industries
• Comfortable with manual fabrication tools (Mill, Lathe, basic shop tools etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing or similar engineering field or equivalent experience in field
• Knowledge of assembly structures, composites and weldments. Familiar with basic manufacturing processes (Welding, CNC machining, bolted joints, bonding, sheet metal work etc.) as well as their individual strengths/weaknesses

Desired skills and experience

• Comfortable with manual fabrication tools (Mill, Lathe, basic shop tools etc.)
• At least 2 years professional experience in a manufacturing/ production engineering type role
• Good understanding of GD&T and the ability to create/ check engineering drawings and BOMs
• Experience with NX and TeamCenter

Location: This position is in Alameda, CA. Our waterfront office offers beautiful views of San Francisco Bay in always sunny Alameda. Even our walls have good karma, our offices mix software development with a hardware production line in the former airplane hangar used to film 'The Matrix'.

Benefits:

• Enhanced Parental Leave Programs
• Short and relaxing ferry ride from the Ferry Building for SF residents
• Competitive benefits including excellent medical, life insurance, 401k plan
• Medical, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents.

Catch up on the latest news about us:

The Tiny Craft Mapping Superstorms at Sea – The New York Times

Saildrone Takes the Wraps Off its Voyager Autonomous Research Vehicle – TechCrunch

An Underwater Mountain was Newly Discovered off California Coast – San Francisco Chronicle

The Quest for CO2: You Can’t Capture What You Can’t Find – Inside Unmanned Systems

Hacking the Anthropocene with Survivalist Robots [VIDEO] – Freethink

Here’s What Hurricane Fiona’s Surf Looked Like, from Atop a 50-foot Wave – The Washington Post

An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane – EOS

Meet the sailing robots trying to solve climate change – The Hill

They Sailed Into a Hurricane, Now These Unmanned Saildrones are Seeking Data on Our Carbon Uptake – CNN

Saildrone Featured Videos Playlist

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Individual compensation packages are based on geographic location, scope of the role, relevant experience, and the ability to deal with complexity and problem solve within our organization, among other factors

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