Senior Mechanical Engineer

<div title="Page 1">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<div><strong>Company and Team&nbsp; -&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">The ocean covers 71% of our planet, yet we know less about it than the surface of Mars.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">Apeiron Labs is on a mission to change that.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">We're not just building underwater vehicles—we're building systems that will reshape weather prediction, revolutionize aquaculture, transform shipping, and strengthen national security. We're developing breakthrough technologies that slash ocean sensing costs by&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">orders of magnitude&nbsp;</span></div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<div><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">Join a crew of battle-tested subsea specialists, robotics experts, firmware architects, and full- stack cloud engineers. This is a unique opportunity to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">engineer the future of ocean intelligence&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">and contribute to humanity's understanding.&nbsp;</span></div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<div><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">Apeiron&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">means unbounded in Greek. The challenge is unbounded. The opportunity is unbounded.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">Your creativity can be unbounded too.&nbsp;</span></div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><strong>About the Role</strong></div><div><br></div><div title="Page 1">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<div><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">We're hunting for a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">mechanical engineer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">who transforms ideas into innovative designs and turns those designs into products that can withstand the depths while delivering breakthrough performance.&nbsp;</span></div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<div><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">Beyond your training and experience, you're also a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">builder&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">who is not afraid to get their hands dirty prototyping and testing their designs at sea. You have a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">portfolio&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">that demonstrates how you solved hard mechanical design problems and shipped products.&nbsp;</span></div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<div><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">You thrive in multidisciplinary teams where mechanical meets electrical, where software meets hardware meets ocean. Your expertise in hydrodynamics, subsea packaging, and additive manufacturing isn't just technical knowledge—it's your&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">superpower&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">for creating cost-disrupting innovations that will fundamentally transform ocean sensing.&nbsp;</span></div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<div><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">For us, remote work might mean&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700;">deploying systems in the ocean</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">, watching your creations dive, and surfacing with data that changes everything. If you've got an adventurer's soul, you're our kind of engineer.&nbsp;</span></div></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div title="Page 1"><strong>How you will make an impact on ocean intelligence</strong></div><div title="Page 1"><br></div><ul><li>Deliver the mechanical design of our next-generation profiler by solving challenges in the design of buoyancy control systems, structures, and packaging.</li><li>Develop and maintain a thorough and detailed model to enable simulation of systems, CB/CG modeling, and buoyancy models.</li><li>Bring a hands-on approach to working with our partners, fabricators, and internal team to bring prototypes to reality in a compressed timeframe.</li><li>Participate in all phases of the testing cycle to provide early identification of risks to the project and rapidly provide cost and performance implications</li><li>Provide guidance and a strong engineering voice to junior engineers and CO-OPS.</li><li>Show your work in excellent documentation and engineering process design. Building and maintaining processes that are foundational to excellent product delivery</li><li>Willingness and ability to participate in offshore testing to validate the design and performance of our systems. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>What you must have</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li>BSME (or related degree) from a 4-year college/university</li><li>6+ years relevant experience</li><li>Expertise in one of the mainstream 3D mechanical engineering CAD/Simulation software programs, with a preference for Onshape.</li><li>Expertise with PLM systems and change management processes</li><li>Expertise in finite-element analysis to evaluate stresses and structural modes</li><li>Demonstrated ability to work effectively amongst a diverse group of engineering disciplines.</li><li>US Citizenship required</li><li>The mindset to rapidly iterate in startup time is required</li></ul><div><strong>&nbsp;</strong></div><div><strong>It</strong><strong>'d be great if you also had these</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li>MS degree in Mechanical Engineering or Physics with ≥ 10 years of relevant experience</li><li>Experience in engineering leadership roles in a cross-functional environment</li><li>Proficiency with maker skills, such as rapid prototyping machinery and electromechanical assembly</li></ul><div><br></div>