Supply Chain Cost Engineering, Intern

Supply Chain Cost Engineering, Intern

Company Overview

Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable onsite power generator, the Mainspring Linear Generator. Commercial, industrial, and utility leaders are choosing Mainspring over traditional options like engines, turbines, and fuel cells to quickly and reliably deliver local power for EV charging, commercial facilities, data centers, and grid-scale operations. The Mainspring Linear Generator is fuel flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless technology with near-zero NOx emissions.

Backed by top-tier investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, and Lightrock, Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and we’re quickly scaling for international expansion.

Inspired by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid, Mainspring is rapidly expanding within the $816B global electricity equipment market, and we’re hiring the best talent to meet growing customer demand around the globe. We welcome a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and talents to bring fresh perspectives and ongoing innovation to our customers.

We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:

• Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.

• Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.

• Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

Mainspring is based in Menlo Park and has partnered with top-tier investors and utilities such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, NextEra, and American Electric Power. More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com.

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Supply Chain Cost Engineering Intern to join our team. This internship provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in supply chain cost analysis and optimization strategies. The Supply Chain Cost Engineering Intern will work closely with our experienced team members to support various projects aimed at improving cost efficiency and reporting of our product.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in conducting cost analysis across different aspects of the supply chain, including procurement, manufacturing, transportation, and distribution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as procurement, engineering, logistics, production, and finance to collect and analyze data.
• Help develop and maintain current cost models to evaluate the impact of different scenarios on overall BOM costs.
• Assist in the development of a database (Intuit Quickbase) application to facilitate cost reduction efforts and cost modeling.
• Support in the development of a new QuickBase application for cost modeling.
• Assist in monitoring and tracking initiatives aimed at reducing costs, offering updates and reports to management as necessary.
• Participate in the deployment of Enovia PLM, advocating for Supply Chain requirements during PLM implementation.
• Assist in ad-hoc projects and tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a BS or MS program in Engineering, Supply chain management, Finance, or related field.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools and Google Sheet
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Eagerness to learn and willingness to take on new challenges.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and supply chain software
• Experience with Enovia
• Understanding of supply chain principles, logistics, procurement, and inventory management.
• Previous internship experience in PLM deployment, data analysis or supply chain

The Bay Area hourly wage for this role is $27-$35 benefits. This position will report on-site in Menlo Park, CA. The hourly wage will be adjusted based on the experience of the employee.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.