Hardware Development Manager, R&D

Berkeley, CA, US

In-personFull time roleSenior Level

Over 2 years ago

About the Job

Twelve is a new kind of chemical company built for the climate era. Our breakthrough technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products. We are a team of scientists, engineers and problem solvers on a mission to fundamentally shift the way the world addresses climate change and lead the transition to a fossil free future with our carbon transformation technology.

Job Brief

In the Hardware Development Manager, R&D role, you would have the opportunity to be an integral part of a company that is on a mission to lead the way to a fossil free future through carbon transformation. You would be impacting climate change while working at the intersection of research and design. Your designs would be expediently deployed for use in research at a substantial and growing number of test stations. Test stands are the primary way we learn. This team enables our researchers to focus on research while trusting the data they received from the test stand team. Our team is in control of the hardware specifications. In this role, you would collaborate with other teams while reporting to the Senior Manager, Prototype Engineering.

You could make an impact on Twelve’s mission in this role by delivering systems that will work for our researchers. At Twelve, R&D teams use our platform as the basis for experiments. You would lead a multidisciplinary team that focuses on fluid handling, mechanical, electrical and firmware. The team will be developing, prototyping and building new testing systems and methods for investigating CO2 conversion. Among the objectives of the test stand team is to make our data robust and trustworthy. We are seeking someone who would be excited about Twelve’s mission as well as working in R&D within a startup environment.

This is a full time role based in Berkeley, CA

What you will do

Lead a hands-on multidisciplinary team to develop and build the next generation of test stands and related equipment. Focus is on delivering systems that work for our researchers.
Decide what to build so researchers can run their systems and learn what they need to learn.
Define, implement and improve our design processes to find the right balance between our prototype projects and our production projects.
Define the project roadmap by taking into account future production needs and new feature requests.
Act as a technical mentor for our design engineers.
Define project requirements, schedules, and milestones, while managing progress towards those milestones.
Design and prototype systems and instrumentation for CO2 conversion processes.
Investigate and validate new characterization techniques through the use of sensors, hardware, and test methodologies.
Integrate equipment such as pumps, mass flow controllers, power supplies, data acquisition devices, microcontrollers, and gas chromatographs into new and existing systems.
Develop and document design activities, work instructions, and operating procedures for new equipment and systems.

Who you are

You have 10+ years of experience as an individual contributor and 2+ years of experience leading teams of engineers.
You are equipped to work on projects that might not be clearly defined at the outset.
You have demonstrable hands-on experience designing and building pressurized gas systems (valves, piping, flow and pressure control, etc.)
You have experience building integrated systems that include controls and data acquisition.
You have led projects with multiple contributors in a professional setting. This includes projects with cross-functional requirements of varying complexity.
You are able to thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
You have experience prototyping across several disciplines of engineering, such as through prior work experience or hobby projects, and can demonstrate at least 3 of the following:
- CAD experience (especially design and fabrication of custom parts)
- Active participant in safety culture with HAZOP/DFMEA experience
- Experience with data acquisition systems and software (MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, etc.)
- Experience with fluid handling devices like pumps, valving, heat exchangers, and instrumentation
- Experience working with compressed gasses
- Electronics experience specifying and installing sensors with different interfaces such as analog current and voltage signals as well as digital communication
- Understanding of laboratory characterization equipment such as gas chromatographs or gas analyzers
- Experience with PLCs and HMIs
- Familiarity with electrochemical systems like fuel cells, batteries, electrolyzers, etc. and relevant characterization equipment like potentiostats
You have a degree in a STEM field.

Twelve Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid sick days and vacation
Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience
Diverse and inclusive work environment

At Twelve, it's important each employee is compensated competitively and fairly. In alignment with state legal requirements, Twelve conducts exhaustive research to understand compensation markets. A range for the included position is listed below. Be advised, actual offer details are determined by job category, job location, and candidate skill level.

United States Wage Range: $148,000 - $185,000

Please note that some pay bands may have wide ranges of compensation to accommodate candidate's diverse sets of skill levels.

We believe that the unique contributions of each individual is the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

Want to work with us but don't see a current opening that fits your background? Email us at talent@twelve.co.

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About the Company

Twelve

Berkeley, CA, USA

101-250

We're Twelve, the carbon transformation company—a new kind of chemical company that makes things from air, not oil. Our breakthrough technology eliminates emissions by transforming CO2 into critical materials, products and fuels.

When it comes to addressing climate change, carbon isn’t our nemesis. To the contrary, we see carbon as the element of change. Carbon isn’t just the building block of life, it’s the building block of the chemicals, materials and fuels that make up our modern world and power innovation. From the spring in our running shoes to our favorite electronics, to building materials, electric car parts and fuels, carbon makes it possible. The problem is we get this carbon today from fossil fuels in the form of petrochemicals, which creates CO2 emissions and accelerates climate change.

Carbon transformation fundamentally changes this paradigm by sourcing carbon from CO2 instead of fossil fuels. By replacing the fossil carbon in critical chemicals with renewable, recycled carbon from CO2, we can eliminate emissions from thousands of essential products and set a new standard for how things get made in the climate era.

We're Building a Team That's Never Existed Before

At Twelve, we combine multiple scientific, engineering and operational disciplines to take our technology from the original science to an industrial solution that puts a dent in climate change. It takes everybody and more to create an entirely new industry based on a technology that never existed before.

Join Our Mission to Build a Climate-Positive World and Fossil-Free Future

We are on a mission to build a fossil free-future, and reinvent what it means to be a chemical company in the climate era. Our carbon transformation technology is the keystone of a circular, non-extractive, fossil-free chemical and energy system of the future. Join us!

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Twelve Benefits Philosophy: We believe that a big part of enabling the success of our employees is taking care of their health and wellbeing — as well as the health of their families. That is why Twelve provides full health insurance coverage (at 99%) to our employees + dependents.

Benefits Overview

Medical, dental and vision - The physical and mental wellbeing of our employees is crucially important to us. To help alleviate some of the stress that comes with healthcare, Twelve pays for up to 99% of the total cost of medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and their families. This includes nationwide plans through Cigna (medical), Delta Dental (dental), and Guardian (vision) and local plans through Kaiser Permanente (medical).

Health Savings Account funding - Employees who elect medical insurance in an HSA-compatible health plan are provided $130/month for single coverage and $210/month if they are also covering dependents.

Parental leave - New parents are able to take up to 12 weeks of parental leave to welcome a new addition to the family, and up to 6 weeks of part-time work (at full-time pay) to gradually transition back to work.

Company ownership - Twelve provides every employee with company stock options because every employee’s contributions are integral to achieve our mission to reduce global emissions and build a fossil-free future.

Work at home stipends & reimbursements - All employees are eligible for phone reimbursement and headphone stipends, while remote and hybrid employees are also eligible for home internet and home office equipment stipends.

Financial wellness - Twelve offers the opportunity to contribute to both pretax and Roth 401(k) retirement accounts and employees are also able to participate in pretax flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care costs.

PTO - It’s important that everyone feels they have the ability to refresh and recharge. Twelve offers unlimited Paid Time Off for salaried employees and 15 vacation days annually for hourly employees.

Winter break - Twelve closes down for the period of time from December 25th to January 1st to provide all employees with time
to unwind without thinking about what they are missing.

Wellbeing - Twelve offers many wellbeing programs like One Medical, Spring Health, Headspace, Calm, Gympass and Fetch pet insurance that help employees focus on their total health.

Team bonding - Employees are provided many opportunities to get to know each other like our annual “Camp Twelve” celebration, biweekly team lunches, mocha match coffee breaks, or many other team connection events.

Office pantry - We provide plenty of drinks and snacks for employees that visit the office to keep energized.