Makai’s design group is looking for a talented and fast-learning mechanical engineer, preferably with outside work experience to take a design engineering role in this group. Major project responsibilities within this group include design of floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant and design of Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) systems in selected locations around the world. Within the group, OTEC Design responsibilities include design of heat exchangers and a heat exchanger test facility, large diameter pipe concepts, plant configuration design and overall system analysis. SWAC design responsibilities include overall project development, pipeline and environmental loading design analysis, detailed mechanical design tasks and construction management duties. Specific work tasks for the mechanical engineer position will focus on design and operation of an OTEC heat exchanger testing facility. Important components of this work will include understanding industry accepted heat exchanger test standards, design of a test facility to meet those standards and overall OTEC team project goals, design of instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and reduction of data to obtain meaningful heat exchanger performance information. Position will include significant research and analysis tasks as well as report writing and design documentation tasks. Ability to think and write clearly and be suited to demanding engineering analysis are important assets for this position. A strong working knowledge of MS Office Software and other common engineering analytical software such as Matlab is required, and expertise in Autocad or Solidworks are desirable skills. An ideal candidate would have an MS or BS in Mechanical Engineering with experience in heat transfer testing, heat exchanger design or testing, instrumentation system design, process plant design or other relevant experience. Candidates should be U.S. citizens or possess a green card. Makai provides competitive salary, benefits and a unique work atmosphere. To apply for this position, submit the following via email to dale. Jensen@makai.com (applicants who do not include all the information required below will not be considered): 1. Comprehensive Resume including: Overall GPA in graduate and undergraduate studies, year(s) of graduation, and country of citizenship or visa status in US. 2. Cover Letter highlighting how your education and experience meet the above stated requirements and why you want to work at Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. Location: Waimanalo-Oahu Compensation: $54,000 - $66,500 base salary (based on exp) + comp time and bonus Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. hawaii