Mechanical Engineer

Join the team changing how power gets built.

If you’re motivated by hard engineering and infrastructure development problems with visible, lasting impact, you belong at Planted .

The world needs new solar built about five times faster than the industry has ever managed. Planted is building the system that closes that gap: software, robots, and hardware that put more power in the ground, faster. Every project we deploy brings abundant, affordable energy closer to reality.
Our team spent years building physical infrastructure and watched time and complexity pile up between first concept and commercial operation. So we rebuilt the process as one system, with design connected directly to robots in the field. Nobody has done what we do before. The work is tangible: at the end of a deployment, you stand in a field and see the power plant your work made real.

Autonomous machinery runs alongside crews every day. Anyone can stop any operation, and that call outranks the schedule.

Great work here compounds. Build the tool, write the doc, and give the next person a head start; wins get celebrated by name, with credit shared widely.

Commitment is the product

"I'll find out by Thursday" beats a confident guess, but once you name Thursday, Thursday is real. Problems get named while they're small, and changes get heard early, with a plan.

Convention isn't evidence

"Industry standard" is not a reason; most conventions came from constraints that no longer exist. Physics and the law are the limits; everything else is a choice, and we get to make it.

One owner, final call

Every decision has one owner, and you get handed problems, not tasks. Bring your data, argue it in the room, then let the owner call it and move on.

Machines do the toil

Office and field work on the same logic: if AI, software, or robots can do the task better or cheaper, a person shouldn't be doing it.

The world needs 3 TW of new solar capacity every year. The legacy approach of developing and building infrastructure is mathematically incapable of catching up.

Planted is the autonomous power deployment company. We transform power plants from bespoke construction projects into manufactured products. By integrating planning software, high-density arrays, energy storage, and field robots, we deliver more power where it's needed most.

The physics are solved; what remains is relentless execution. Led by repeat founders and an engineering core from SpaceX and Tesla, we are backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Piva Capital, Google, Gigascale Capital, Khosla Ventures, and RA Capital Management.

We’re scaling fast and looking for operators and engineers who want to own real pieces of the system. You don't need a traditional energy background; we care whether you can finish hard things. Come build with us.

As an integral part of the hardware team, you will architect, design, analyze, build, and install Planted's novel solar racking system. Lead the development design cycle from concept ideation through first build. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with a cross-functional engineering team with a highly talented group of engineers from varied backgrounds.

The salary range for this full-time position is $100,000 - $135,000 plus stock and benefits. Pay within the range is based on candidate experience, job‑specific skills, education, and work location. The target experience for the position is 1-5+ years.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Own challenging design projects from product development and delivery through conception, design, and assembly

Perform analyses including hand calculations, FEA, and CAD on product designs.

Develop and track to project schedules in a high pace and rapidly changing environment

Ideate novel…