Faraday
Bicycles
Position: Mechanical engineering
intern
Location: San Francisco, CA
5/24/2013
Summary:
Faraday Bicycles is accepting applications for a
full time summer engineering intern to join our
team. This is a hybrid mechanical and electrical
engineering position best suited for a
mechatronics candidate with some ME design and
hands-on electronics skills. The ideal candidate
will be an exceptionally talented and creative
young engineer who looking to gain production
experience in a fast-moving consumer-product engineering environment.
This position is open immediately, and carries
the possibility of extending to full-time come fall.
Key responsibilities + expectations :
· Design of fixtures, sheet metal and machined production parts.
· Preparation, release, and management of engineering drawings.
· Building and debugging of test bikes.
· Implementing a bike test plan by riding
bikes and analyzing recorded performance data.
· Evaluating different OEM electronic
components such as motors and sensors.
· Simple machine shop work and fabrication.
· Communication with vendors.
Experience + Qualifications:
· BS or MS in mechanical or electrical engineering.
· Good to excellent CAD (Solidworks) proficiency.
· Basic machine shop proficiency.
· Some familiarity with 2D drawing preparation and tolerancing.
· Exposure to and competency with general
electrical shop tools (power supplies, soldering irons, etc.)
· Basic familiarity with simple
programming and microcontroller fundamentals.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Love of bicycles – what great engineer doesn’t?
The Bottom Line
We’re looking for a creative and forward-thinking
engineer who shares our vision for this company
and our willingness to work extremely hard, in a
start-up environment, to bring that vision to
life. Are you looking for a real challenge and
learning opportunity where you’ll work
side-by-side with an experienced team of
engineers and designers? Are you a hands-on
builder, tinkerer, and hacker? Can you imagine
anything more exciting than helping bring what’s
been described as “one of the most eagerly
anticipated new bicycles in years” to life?
About Faraday Bicycles
Faraday Bicycles™ is an early stage start-up
dedicated to revolutionary bicycle innovation and
design. We are engineers, designers, and industry
veterans who passionately believe that better
bikes make a better world. Learn more at faradaybikes.com.
To apply
Email Adam Vollmer <adam_at_faradaybikes.com>
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Received on 2013-05-28 19:43:38