Design Engineer - Turbomachinery

About Us

At Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation ("Arbor Energy"), we’re creating technology to power our lives while protecting the planet that sustains them.  Our advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions—modular, fuel-flexible, and engineered for the realities of today’s energy demand. At the core is a supercritical CO₂ turbine with integrated carbon capture, designed to bring carbon-neutral power online quickly at meaningful scale. 

Our team includes aerospace engineers, combustion experts, and systems thinkers with a shared goal: to build technology worthy of the world we want to live in. While many of us began our journeys looking to the stars, we’re applying that expertise here at home to deliver dependable, emission-free baseload power and a future of lasting abundance.  

If you share our values and are drawn to rigorous work with lasting impact, we’d love to learn more about you. Come build what the future will run on.

Steward our planet: We build for tomorrow, ensuring every bolt we tighten and every hand we lend leaves our environment stronger than we found it.

Lead with Love: We champion the success of our people, partners, and planet, nurturing excellence through camaraderie and rigor.

Explore the Uncharted: We embrace the unknown with curiosity, using courage and discipline to transform uncertainty into opportunity.

Role Overview

We are seeking a

 Mechanical Designer

who will be responsible for

 the detailed modeling of components from a multidisciplinary team of engineers, integration of components into assemblies, and interfacing with manufacturing. You will also perform checking duties related to assembly and 

component

 drawings, part structures (BOMs) and item specific information for accuracy of design intent and application specific information.

Arbor’s team of world-class engineers and scientists are

developing a scalable, low-cost approach to Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) based on modern rocket engine technology. BECCS is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approach that uses biomass to produce energy and remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and store it permanently underground, while ensuring food security, rural livelihoods, and biodiversity are not affected. Our modular technology leverages the power density of supercritical CO2 to enable compact gasification, oxy-combustion, and high-pressure turbo-expansion to convert abundant waste biomass into clean electricity, water, and high-purity CO2, capturing and sequestering all emissions from the process.

 Our team brings together a passion for science, technology, and global stewardship to make low-cost, high-quality carbon removal and baseload power a reality.

This is an onsite opportunity in our El Segundo, CA office.

Responsibilities

• Design all types of turbomachinery components, including sizing and creation of 3D models and associated 2D drawings

• Create Item and Part Structure (BOM) information within ERP system

• Develop and maintain 3D model and 2D drawing database within Product Data Management (PDM) system

• Perform checking duties on assembly and component level drawings

• Update existing drawings to current/best manufacturing processes

• Work closely with manufacturing personnel and engineering to ensure design requirements are met and the best manufacturing processes are used

• Participate in and contribute to process improvement and design for manufacturability activities

• Support manufacturing personnel with evaluations of deviated components, corrective action investigations and other quality related activities

• Bolted Joints, seals, sizing first principles, pressure vessels.  

• Part ownership. Procurement, Vendor quality. Hands on. Building. 

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in turbomachinery design

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

• Experienced with precision design and manufacturing processes. Able to advise manufacturing plants on proposed operational changes and anticipates effect of change on the final part

• Experienced in 3D modeling required (NX preferred) and Teamcenter

• Knowledgeable of ASME GD&T

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a startup environment

• Passion for working on world-saving technology

• Experience building a first-of-its-kind system

• Experience with an emphasis on high pressure, turbomachinery or combustion systems.

• Experience completing fluid flow, bolted joint, and stack calculations. 

Compensation & Benefits

• Pre-IPO stock options
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (Arbor covers 90% for employees) 
• Basic life insurance fully covered 
• Health savings account (HSA) with matching 
• Flexible savings account (FSA) 
• Unlimited PTO   
• 12+ company holidays, including Earth Day!   
• 401(k) 
• Commuter benefits 
• Annual learning and development stipend 
• And more!

Base Pay: $110,000 - $135,000 USD/year. The salary is subject to the applicant's skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Our Commitment

Arbor Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Solving global energy challenges requires a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and we are committed to building a team that reflects the world we serve.

Our hiring process is designed to be accessible, fair, and focused on the work that matters most for this role. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process and employment—please let us know if you need one.