Senior Technical Program Manager

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.

More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com

Job Overview

Are you someone who thrives on bringing order and structure to a fast-changing environment? Do you excel at working with cross-functional teams to lead high-impact projects and programs toward successful execution? If so, Mainspring Energy invites you to join our team as a Senior Technical Program Manager. You will be managing projects and programs to further develop our Linear Generator taking them from project kick off to successfully handing off to high-volume manufacturing. 

• Plan and execute impactful product development projects and programs: Manage and own a range of programs, from short-term tactical projects to multi-year, company-wide efforts, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with organizational goals
• Communicate effectively to all stakeholders including top level management, to drive key decisions and report on program execution
• Collaborate across disciplines: Partner with engineering, reliability, test, operations, supply chain, and other teams to align on priorities and streamline execution
• Optimize tools and systems: Leverage tools like Jira and enterprise data systems to enhance collaboration, transparency, and efficiency across teams
• Identify and assess risk: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify technical and operational risks and develop risk mitigation plans

• 5 years of experience: Proven success managing complex projects and programs from initiation to completion in fast-paced environments, PMP certification preferred
• Analytical and organizational skills: Highly organized, with exceptional attention to detail and a data-driven approach to planning and execution
• Communication and collaboration: Skilled at engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels, with clear verbal and written communication
• Preferred technical experience: Relevant engineering background in mechanical or electrical fields, familiarity with PM tools like Jira to improve team workflows and outcomes
• Product development knowledge: Experience with driving features through the entire product development lifecycle, from concept to production manufacturing

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.

Salary : $126,000 - $148,000