Senior Mechanical Engineer

Starflow

Last updated: 2 days ago

Starflow

Full-time

Stavanger

Oslo

Who we are looking for

We're looking for a mechanical engineer who can invent complete mechanical systems from scratch. Someone who thinks in architectures, not components – who can generate multiple solution concepts, make critical trade-offs between IP, thermals, cost, and manufacturability, and own the mechanical system from concept through to production. If you're energized by building from ambiguity and making decisions that shape the entire product, this role is for you.

Trigger some interest? Please apply or contact our recruitment partner, Erik Falk Hansen in Rede People (erik@redepeople.com +47 40 43 54 93)

Highlights

System architecture

Zero to One

Constructor mindset

Real-World Impact

Early-stage ownership

Relevant experiences

Experience from early-stage hardware development (concept → production)

Owned architectural decisions, not just executed designs

Hands-on prototyping and testing of your own designs

Practical experience with thermal management in sealed electronic systems

Understanding of electro-mechanical integration (PCBs, connectors, routing)

Nice to Have

First 1-3 mechanical engineers on a product

Startup or R&D environment experience

Products that went through certification testing

Why this role might be worth your time

You’ll work on something that matters

This isn’t a lab project or a demo that gets scrapped after a pitch. These are real products that will live in people’s homes – exposed to heat, cold, moisture, rough handling, and time. Your mechanical decisions won’t just matter – they’ll make the difference between something that ships and something that fails.

You'll own the mechanical architecture

You won't be executing someone else's design or optimizing a system that's already defined. You'll invent the mechanical reality from scratch. You'll have genuine ownership from concept to production, not just a piece of the puzzle.

You’ll shape the mechanical function at Starflow

You're not joining a big team with set ways of doing things. You'll help define the standard. Together with Roman, you'll shape how we work, how we build, and how we make mechanical decisions. No legacy systems. No inherited constraints. Just a clean slate and products that demand your best work.

Your mission

You'll own the mechanical system architecture across Starflow's energy products – from undefined concept to validated, production-ready designs.

This is not a DFM role. You'll define the mechanical reality before it exists: enclosure concepts, internal layouts, thermal strategies, IP approaches, and electro-mechanical integration. You'll make system-level decisions with incomplete information, kill weak concepts early, and ensure your architecture can scale without major redesign.

Define the mechanical system architecture

Create the complete mechanical system from concept to production. Own enclosure strategy, internal layout, thermal approach, IP strategy, and all core mechanical decisions. You're the system owner, not a component designer.

Build and test mechanical concepts

Generate sketches, CAD concepts, and physical prototypes. Test assumptions, iterate, and narrow the solution space deliberately. Document why decisions were made, not just what was chosen.

Identify and reduce mechanical risk early

Find the highest-impact mechanical risks and mitigate them before they become expensive problems. Use prototypes, tests, and analysis to validate critical assumptions early. No major surprises late in development.

Validate thermal and enclosure strategies

Plan and verify thermal paths using layout, materials, and interface design. Ensure your thermal direction works within IP constraints. Validate strategies at principle level before design lock.

Design for production reality

Create mechanical architectures that can realistically be manufactured, assembled, serviced, and scaled. Understand manufacturing constraints at the architectural level and avoid concepts that will fail in production.

Lay the mechanical groundwork at Starflow

Help shape our mechanical platform, how we work, document, and make decisions across product lines. Your work becomes part of how we scale.

Who we’re looking for

You are a constructor, not an optimizer. You're at your best when the problem is underdefined and the system doesn't yet exist. You think in systems before parts. You naturally generate multiple solution concepts, not just one answer. You're comfortable saying: "We don't know yet – so we need to build and find out."

You generate and validate system concepts

You don't jump to one solution. You generate multiple mechanical system concepts, evaluate trade-offs, and use early prototypes to test critical assumptions. You kill weak concepts before they become expensive mistakes. You've owned complete mechanical architectures, not just designed components.

You understand thermals as a system property

You've seen how plastic warps, how metal expands, and how seals fail when real life hits. You don't treat thermals as a heatsink problem – you think about thermal paths, material choices, and layout as part of the complete system. You've worked with sealed or semi-sealed electronic products and understand the conflicts between IP rating, cooling, size, and cost.

You work deeply at the mechanics-electronics boundary

You don't just "leave space for the PCB." You think about connector access, cable routing, HV/LV separation, serviceability, and thermal paths – and how all of it fits together as a system. You understand PCB constraints, creepage/clearance, and strain relief. Your layouts make sense in the real world, not just in CAD.

You've been early on a product

You've experienced the freedom of early design decisions and the challenge of making them stick. You've owned mechanical architecture, not just executed someone else's design.

Office location

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

Zetlitzveien 2, 4017 Stavanger, Norway

Oslo, NO

Tordenskiolds gate 2, 0160 Oslo, Norway

Starflow

https://starflow.com/

Starflow is building a seamless platform that brings together solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers, and the grid. At the core is a smart hybrid inverter — designed to become the central control unit of the modern home, capable of monitoring, managing, and optimizing energy use automatically.

With advanced hardware and open software architecture, the system will adapt to each home in real time. It’s being developed to help lower energy bills, enable storage and bring everything together in one intuitive interface. Easy to install, built to last, and ready for the energy needs of tomorrow.

Clean energy, made effortless. Quiet in presence. Powerful in action. Fully in sync with how we want to live. We’re building what energy should feel like. And this is just the beginning.

Life @ Starflow

We started Starflow to change how energy feels: seamless, intelligent, beautiful. But building something truly new doesn’t just require vision – it takes a special way of working, and people who care deeply about doing things right.

That’s why at Starflow, design isn’t just how the product looks. It’s how we think, how we make decisions, and how we come together as a team. We slow down enough to ask the right questions before chasing solutions. We create clarity first, knowing it leads to speed, calm, and confidence later.

We call this way of working the Flow process. It’s our shared rhythm, a supportive structure that removes friction rather than adding layers. It’s designed to help you feel energized, clear, and purposeful. Even when things move fast.

When you join Starflow, you don’t just fill a role. You help shape how things are done. You’ll work closely with founders, designers, engineers, and others who trust you from day one. You’ll get genuine ownership and the freedom to create something meaningful.

We’re building a team of people who love what they do, who speak honestly, who embrace uncertainty, and who genuinely care about each other and the impact they’re creating together.

Our values

From the very beginning, we knew we couldn’t leave culture to chance. If we wanted to build something that lasts, we had to be just as deliberate about how we work together as we are about the product itself.

These values aren’t something we wrote after the fact. They’ve shaped our choices from the beginning – who we hire, how we lead, how we give feedback, and what we expect of each other.

They’re not there to sound good. They’re there to be used.

Bold

We take calculated bets, aim higher than expected, and we’re not afraid to step into the unknown.

Integrity

We do what we say, and we do what’s right, even when no one’s watching.

Truth seeking

We put curiosity over comfort and clarity over ego. We don’t build on assumptions, we build on insight.

Care

We genuinely care. About the product we’re building, about the people who use it, and about each other.