Thermodynamics Engineer

The role

You will model and simulate the thermal architecture of the entire platform. This includes ocean thermal, waste heat recovery, and optimizing the system.

What you will do

• Design and optimize ocean thermal energy systems that leverage seawater temperature differentials for power generation
• Architect waste heat recovery systems, capturing thermal output from high-density compute and recovering it via ORC
• Own working fluid selection, thermodynamic cycle optimization, turbine performance, and heat exchanger design
• Build and validate thermal models from first principles through empirical testing
• Own the instrumentation strategy that makes those models trustworthy

Required qualifications

• B.S./M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or closely related field with a strong thermodynamics focus
• Direct experience designing, building, and testing thermal energy systems and/or power plants: heat pumps, ORC, waste heat recovery, enhanced geothermal, ocean thermal, or similar
• Ability to work across disciplines and think at the full-system level, not just the component level

Benefits

• generous relocation assistance for candidates across the US
• competitive salaries based on level of experience
• meaningful equity

About the company

Drogue is building free-floating, off-grid energy platforms at sea. They use the ocean's thermal gradient to generate affordable, baseload electricity.