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Director of Engineering

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Ames, United States GW Nutrition Inc Full time

Job Title: Director of Engineering

Travel Required: As needed, project-dependent, up to 35%

Location: Ames, Iowa

Annual Salary: Salary and Ownership Based on Experience

Benefits: 401K, PTO, Health Insurance

Job type: Full-time on-site (Iowa State University campus)


GW Nutrition, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is a food technology start-up company based in Slater, Iowa with a laboratory on the Iowa State University campus. GW Nutrition’s mission is to scale our CleanSense technology to reduce the taste, color, or odor, of ingredients allowing for incorporation into a wide variety of consumer food products.


GW Nutrition Inc. is looking for a hands-on engineer to design, build and install ultraviolet (UV) light processing equipment for food manufacturing. The ideal candidate will thrive with the creative freedom and fast pace of a start-up company and be a dynamic problem-solver for the organization.


Roles and Responsibilities:

· Modification of existing equipment to improve overall performance and cost effectiveness

· Design and build prototype UV units, including control panel, for food grade manufacturing

· Development and validation of safety, operational, and cleaning SOPs for processing equipment

· Lead the work with external manufacturers to build production UV units

· Lead installation/commissioning of equipment at manufacturing sites

· Maintain and repair existing UV units

· Independently manage projects to meet objectives while maintaining timelines

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or other engineering related field

· 7+ years of experience in new product development from prototype to production

· Familiarity with pump mechanics, basic electronics, HMI/simple controls

· Experience with machinery design, creation of prototypes and validation of equipment

· Experience with food-grade manufacturing including cleaning SOPs is beneficial

· Good oral and written communication skills

· Collaborative within a multi-functional team environment

· Management/leadership experience

· Working knowledge of basic computer programs like Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, and on-line collaboration tools. Proficiency in 3D modeling programs like Inventor or Solidworks are desired, with knowledge of Revit, AutoCAD, etc., beneficial.