Mechanical Engineer

About Star-Batt

Star-Batt designs and manufactures battery and power-equipment products. We're a small, fast-moving team that takes products from concept to production through a network of domestic and overseas manufacturing partners. Because we're lean, people here own real problems end-to-end — and they see their work ship.

The Role

We're hiring a Mechanical Engineer to own the hardware side of our products — from CAD and design through manufacturing, testing, and continuous improvement. You'll work directly with the founder and our manufacturing partners and touch every stage of the product. This is a broad, hands-on role for someone who likes wearing multiple hats and wants their fingerprints on the whole product, not one narrow slice of it.

What You'll Do

• Design in SolidWorks — enclosures, housings, brackets, mechanical assemblies, and thermal paths. Own the CAD models, drawings, GD&T, and BOMs.

• Drive design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and work hands-on with our domestic and overseas (China) contract manufacturers — tooling, samples, first articles, and RFQs — with occasional travel to domestic suppliers.

• Test and validate — build and bring up prototypes, run design validation, and support safety/regulatory compliance.

• Sustain and improve shipping products — engineering changes, cost-downs, quality and field issues, and keeping BOM and landed-cost accuracy tight.

• Solve problems nobody has handed you the answer to — research, prototype, and bring options to the table.

How You Work

This role is built for a self-starter and a creative, out-of-the-box problem-solver. When you hit a problem you don't know the answer to, you go find the information you need — and you come back with three viable solutions and a recommendation, not just a question. You're motivated to keep learning, comfortable with complex and ambiguous problems, and you don't wait to be told what to do next.

What We're Looking For

• 3–7 years of mechanical engineering experience, with a track record of real projects you took from concept to production.

• Strong SolidWorks skills — CAD modeling, drawings, GD&T, BOMs.

• A proven, creative problem-solver who can drive complex, ambiguous problems to a recommended solution.

• Self-directed and resourceful — finds answers independently and shows up with options + a recommendation.

• Hands-on and comfortable in a small-company environment where you own a lot and context-switch often.

• Able to work onsite at our Spirit Lake, ID facility full-time.

• Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering — or equivalent hands-on experience.

Bonus Points (preferred, not required)

• Experience designing consumer electronics or similar high-volume products.

• Experience with overseas + domestic contract manufacturers — RFQs, tooling, samples, DDP logistics.

• Battery / power-electronics product experience (packs, BMS, thermal management).

• Familiarity with safety/regulatory standards — UL (e.g., UL1973/UL2054), UN38.3, or IEC.

Compensation & Benefits

• $115K–$150K base, depending on experience.

• Health, dental, and vision coverage.

• Paid time off and holidays.

• Relocation considered on a case-by-case basis.

Star-Batt is an equal-opportunity employer.