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# Senior Manufacturing & NPI Engineer at Antora Energy

- **Company:** Antora Energy
- **Location:** St Marys, PA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/antora/jobs/6238100004

## Job description

Antora Energy delivers affordable, reliable energy to industry, data centers, and the grid. Our thermal batteries turn low-cost electricity into always-on heat and power, without supply-constrained critical minerals or multi-year construction timelines.

We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and work with humility and openness. We are committed to building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy.

Position Summary

Antora is seeking a Senior Manufacturing & New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer to lead the end-to-end implementation of advanced manufacturing processes, focusing on machining operations and automated material handling systems. In this position, you will serve as the technical lead for deploying custom automated work cells, commissioning new machinery, collaborating with equipment vendors, and establishing resilient shop-floor operations. You will also execute the detailed engineering of processing and handling solutions, leveraging automation to maximize safety, quality, and output.

Your leadership will directly impact Antora's mission by scaling production capacity, driving part quality, and reducing manufacturing costs for our thermal battery module

Roles & Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end NPI, from R&D concept definition through equipment acquisition, fabrication, and manufacturing bring-up and stabilization
- Manage capital equipment procurement ($100k+ POs), including drafting specs, vendor evaluation, SAT, and line commissioning.
- Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to architect, construct, and implement custom mechanisms and automated machinery for fabrication and testing, guiding prototype builds to achieve key milestones and integrating robotic end-of-arm tooling, cell loading, and inline monitoring.
- Establish workholding, machining strategies, and methods for non-metallic and high-temperature materials.
- Execute DOEs to optimize process windows, tool life, cycle times, and scrap rates.
- Author production documentation, including SOPs, Work Instructions, Control Plans, and PM checklists.
- Lead RCCA investigations and continuous improvement initiatives using shop-floor yield and quality metrics.
- Support factory site planning, layouts, material flows, headcount modeling, and work instructions.
- Establish validation metrics and test procedures to verify hardware meets design specs.
- Solve complex engineering challenges with urgency and initiative

## Key Qualifications

- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of industry experience in mechanical design engineering, manufacturing engineering, or process development.
- Demonstrated proficiency in 3D CAD modeling (SolidWorks or Siemens NX) and ASME Y14.5 GD&T drafting.
- Experience writing equipment specifications, managing capital equipment vendors, and commissioning custom machinery or automation cells.
- Practical background in standing up machining processes, CNC programming, workholding, and tooling selection.
- Willingness to be based full-time on site in St. Mary's, PA and work in covered, unconditioned, outdoor environments throughout the year

Additional Qualifications Desired

- Knowledge of industrial safety standards (LOTO, machine guarding, dust collection NFPA/OSHA guidelines).
- Leverage of AI to increase the quality & quantity of your work output.
- Experience in startup or high-growth hardware manufacturing environments.
- Experience working as a customer representative embedded at a supplier or contract manufacturer.
- Familiarity with PLM, PDM, MES, and ERP integration

Work Location:  Onsite - St Marys, PA

Salary Range:  $97,000 USD - $126,000 USD

Salary Basis:  Annual

Please note that the salary range listed above reflects Antora Energy's estimated pay for this position. The actual salary offered will be within the posted range and determined based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experiences, credentials and expertise, as they pertain to the position's requirements.

In addition to a competitive base salary, Antora Energy’s Total Rewards program includes equity compensation in the form of stock options, a premium health benefits package with life and disability insurance, a 401K plan with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts, and an industry leading paid-time-off policy that features flexible and inclusive holiday observance, as well as paid volunteer time off.

#LI-Onsite https://diversityjobs.com/employer/top-diversity-employers?utm_campaign=TopEmployer&utm_medium=badge  When it comes to stopping climate change, we need everyone. We believe that having a diversity of backgrounds and experiences strengthens all of us, and we strive to create an environment where every one of us is empowered to create meaningful change.

## About Antora Energy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Antora Energy manufactures and deploys modular thermal batteries that convert low-cost, intermittent clean electricity into reliable, always-on heat and power for global industrial facilities and data centers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Justin Briggs, Andrew Ponec, David Bierman

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Renewable Energy Power Generation, Thermal Energy Storage, Industrial Decarbonization
- **Target customers**: Large-scale industrial energy users (biofuels, refining, pulp & paper, steel & iron, chemicals, mining, concrete & lime, food & beverage) and data center operators (B2B, Enterprise).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We are here to power global industry with clean energy.” The company aims to make cheap, clean energy the standard that powers global industry.

## Products & Services
- **Thermal Battery System**: A modular, factory-built energy storage system that uses solid carbon (one of the safest, most stable materials on earth) to store surplus clean electricity as heat. It delivers always-on heat and power for industrial operations, scales from megawatts to gigawatts, and is designed for low cost, rapid deployment, and massive scale.
- **Project Big Stone**: One of the largest battery storage systems in the world, deployed in under 12 months for POET, the world’s largest biofuels producer. It delivers affordable, reliable energy and serves as a proof-of-concept for the company’s giga-scale deployment model.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$220.0M** across 10 rounds, including a $150M Series B led by Decarbonization Partners (Feb 2024). Annual revenue estimated at **$7.7M**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Decarbonization Partners, National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission. Key partner: POET (biofuels).
- **Growth Signals**: 197 employees (+36.6% YoY), 31,700 LinkedIn followers (+42.9% YoY), active job postings up 140% YoY. The company is building gigawatt-hours of thermal batteries annually at its U.S. factory and has a presence in Spain.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Technology**: Uses solid carbon thermal storage—a simple, safe, and low-cost material—to provide both heat and power, differentiating from chemical battery or molten salt solutions.
- **Modular & Factory-Built**: Modules are manufactured in a U.S. factory, enabling rapid deployment, seamless integration, and operational redundancy at any scale.
- **Speed to Market**: Project Big Stone advanced from an empty lot to energy delivery in under 12 months, demonstrating a fast deployment model that can be replicated globally.
- **Multi-day Storage**: Provides reliable energy for industrial operations where downtime is not an option, solving the intermittency problem of renewables.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale and Replicate**: Replicating the Project Big Stone model at factories and data centers across the U.S. and globally.
- **Giga-scale Manufacturing**: Expanding factory capacity to produce gigawatt-hours of thermal batteries each year, with a focus on American manufacturing.
- **Market Expansion**: Targeting hard-to-abate industrial sectors (steel, cement, chemicals) and data centers, while expanding internationally (e.g., Spain).
- **Cost Leadership**: Driving down costs to make cheap, clean energy the standard for global industry.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: The company’s north star is to power global industry with clean energy, offering employees a chance to work on one of the most urgent climate challenges.
- **Culture**: Values include “Build with Humility & Openness,” “Team & Mission First,” and “Joy & Laughter Connect Us.” The company emphasizes kindness, collaboration, and learning from setbacks.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with “Home Week” each quarter to bring in-person and remote team members together. Offices in San Jose, CA; Big Stone City, SD; and remote roles in the U.S.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary, stock options, 401k match, 16 weeks paid parental leave, comprehensive medical/vision/dental, HSA with employer contribution, subsidized backup childcare/senior care/petcare, mental health support, on-site gym, healthy snacks, and volunteer time off.
- **Engineering & Impact**: Teams work on cutting-edge thermal storage, manufacturing, and field engineering. The company is growing fast (36% headcount growth) and offers the chance to shape a new industry.

## Sources
1. [antora.com](https://www.antora.com/)
2. [antora.com/company](https://www.antora.com/company)
3. [antora.com/careers](https://www.antora.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/antora-energy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/antora-energy)
5. [cbinsights.com/company/antora-energy](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/antora-energy)

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