Mechanical engineer
At Think Outside we're connecting nature and technology, because the perfect skiing day ends with you coming home. Nothing beats a day out in the snow, exploring the backcountry, coming home to nature.
Skinning up that mountain, finding that perfect line, leaving the perfect trace: that feeling of adventure and freedom is what drives us to the outdoors. And if we want to keep exploring, we need to make sure we keep coming home.
That's why Think Outside is developing Sknow, an avalanch e safety device focused on prevention rather than rescue.
Our innovative "Sknow" sensor acquires data about snow that can impact people and industries. We are coupling this to machine learning to analyse and make sense of the data. Our solutions range from sensors for skis that aim to detect snow conditions that may lead to avalanches, to sensor stations for renewable hydropower plants for safer and better reservoir monitoring.
At Think Outside, we are passionate about the great outdoors. We deeply care about our team, technology, and are obsessed with making life in the winter mountains safer for everyone. Working as a team enables us to grow rapidly, win, and change the way snow data is collected and processed. If you are looking to advance your career and join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed and where you get to work with fun and talented people solving challenges with cutting-edge technology, this is the place for you.
We are increasing our team and as a mechanical engineer you will participate to the design, the manufacturing, the assembly and finally the testing in the mountains of our sensors on skis. Our team has people with skills covering a wide range of domain: electronics, geophysics, software, marketing, geology and industrial design. It will be part of your job to coordinate your tasks with the rest of the team.
Job tasks:
- Assessing project requirements
- Using computer-aided design/modelling software
- Work with electronic engineers to design the casing of the device and related solutions
- Understand trade-offs between reliability, size and weights
- Design parts that fit together given tolerances of the production
- Choosing the best materials based on cost vs strength and weight analysis
- Coordinate and update design with suppliers that will manufacture the parts
- Creating mock-ups and assembling prototypes
- Presenting designs to managers and clients
- Testing (including field testing), evaluating, modifying and re-testing products to ensure that it is safe, reliable and efficient
Experience/skills requirements:
- Active backcountry/rando/freeskier
- Experience with CAD software
- Experience in producing custom designed plastic parts (3D printed, machined, )
- Understanding how production of parts impacts design choices
We are looking for you if you are/have:
- Preferably a M.Sc in mechanical engineering
- Minimum a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering
- Skilled skier (alpine / backcountry)
- A lover of the outdoors, with personal interest in snow and snowsports
- A bit of an entrepreneur in you, or would like to contribute in taking a startup to new heights
- Love to be innovative, problem solving and team engaging
We offer:
- Working in a startup environment as you have an entrepreneurial mindset and problem-solving mentality
- A 100% position, but can be negotiated
- Flexible work arrangements
- Offices in Bergen and Oslo
- Powder days off
- Competitive salary within startup framework
- Social company with lots of days in the outdoors
- Great growth opportunities and the chance to make a difference with technology for people and environment
Please fill in the form below and email your Cover Letter and CV to; tristan.hollande@thinkoutside.no
Application Deadline: 19.11.2019
Om bedriften
Think Outside was established in 2017 by exiting petroleum technologists and serial entrepreneurs. The company is well-established in the startup communities of Bergen (at VIS) and Oslo (at Startuplab).