eagle - Mechanical Engineer (Contract)

Remote - USA$208k - $312k1mo ago

Remote NA Telecommunications Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Talk through real (appropriately anonymized) projects so we understand the design intent behind work • Pressure-test product ideas and early prototypes: tell us, candidly, where they'd save real time, where they'd add risk, and where they fall apart against real practice • Help us map where mechanical hands off to electrical, plumbing, structural, and architectural - and where coordination and clash detection actually break down • Distill where the work is irreducible engineering judgment versus repetitive process that's ripe for automation • What we look for • A licensed PE in mechanical engineering (or equivalent senior experience) who has led HVAC and mechanical systems design on real building projects • Fluent in tools like Revit MEP, AutoCAD, and load/energy modeling software (e.g., Trane Trace, Carrier HAP) • Deep curiosity for how things work - and the ability to explain why the work is done the way it is • Opinionated about your discipline's workflows - including what's broken about them

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate ($100–$150/hour, set by discipline depth and licensure) • 1099 independent contractor engagement (standard contractor onboarding, including a W-9) • Part-time and flexible - a few hours a week, scheduled around your full-time practice • Remote, U.S.-based • Confidentiality • We take client and project confidentiality seriously. We'll work with you to ensure nothing proprietary to your employer or your clients is ever exposed.