Engineering Intern

Engineering Intern

Oxford, NC

As an Engineer at Plantd, you will work directly with the leadership team to build the machines and systems that will disrupt the traditional construction materials industry. You will design, fabricate, test, and iterate through current and next-generation technologies that will enable full-scale production of modern, carbon-negative building materials, bringing Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials to life. 

Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space designing automated production lines.  You will partner with leadership and peers to develop requirements at the system level and will own the creation of CAD models, engineering drawings, and structural analyses for your projects. You will work closely with an experienced production team to make your designs a reality.

Construction or industry experience is not required, we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.

Responsibilities

• Learn quickly from on the job training
• Work with other world-class engineers to integrate your designs into the most efficient machines possible
• Adapt to fast-changing inputs, data, specifications, and requirements
• Document designs in requirements documents, CAD models, engineering drawings, structural analyses, engineering specifications, and bill of materials so that we can keep track of all the things you’re fixing
• Create detailed component and assembly drawings incorporating an understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups to make sure you don’t make more problems than you fix
• Take on challenges as they come

Basic Qualifications

• Grit - the ability to push through adversity in order to achieve mastery
• Communication - the ability share thoughts and ideas effectively
• Intelligence - the ability to think on a first principles basis
• Ethics - alignment with our critical world views here at Plantd
• Goals - alignment with our mission here at Plantd

Desired Skills and Experience

• CAD experience using Siemens NX, Solidworks, Catia, or similar
• Proficient in the use of first-order calculations
• Experience communicating engineering requirements, drawings, and planning
• Hands-on fabrication experience: Welding, CNC milling and lathe, plasma cutting, soldering, and wiring

Additional Requirements

Must be willing to work on-site in Oxford, NC

Compensation

• Competitive hourly wage
• On the job training to become a rockstar engineer