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Job title:  Mechanica/Thermal Engineer
Department:  Engineering
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer
Status: Salaried
Date: 1/23/2013
Created By: Bear Kaufmann

APL is announcing a rare opening in our core engineering group.  We have so many new projects and products on the horizon that we need to expand our high level design and management capacity.  We are looking for seasoned multi-disciplined engineers across the mechanical and thermal disciplines, and/or gasification specific engineering heroes.  

This is an invitation to replace and/or augment the minds of Jim and Bear, as the default engineers of APL solutions.  This is an invitation to be a core author and leader of what we do here.  Growth requires that such core authorship is moved beyond one or two minds, and progressively positioned in multiple sites of high level expertise.   Gasification luminaries encouraged to apply.

Summary

The Mechanical Engineer supports all engineering activities related to the design and fabrication of ALL Power Lab products. The Mechanical Engineer coordinates and engages in the development of new and existing products from concept, completion, and installation on site.

Duties and Tasks

• 3D CAD modeling, analysis, and documentation
  
• New component requirements specification and sourcing
  
• Management of engineering documentation in Arena BOMcontrol
  
• Support the development of vendor relationships
  
• Develop testing protocols for prototypes and manufactured assemblies
  
• Develop and manage products through Alpha, Beta, and Commercialization stages
  
• Project management

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering
  
• CAD Modeling, including 3D assemblies, parts, and drawings, including Bill of Material
  
• Knowledge of engine operation, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, metallurgy, material handling, rotary and linear power transfer.
  
• Creation and interpretation of shop drawings
  
• Expert proficiency with SolidWorks (3-5 years) is preferred
  
• Knowledge of BOM management tools (Arena BOMcontrol preferred)
  
• Knowledge of product design and engineering for low and high-volume manufacturing, including sheet metal fabrication, machining, and rapid prototyping is critical
  
• Knowledge of regulations and standards - CE, UL, OSHA, safety

• Excellent understanding of product design
  
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing
  
• Experience in the fields of Power Generation, Combustion, Process Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Reliability Engineering.
  
• Superior communication and collaboration skills - working with others to balance project and product cost, time, and resources
  
• Knowledge of office applications: word processing and spreadsheets

• Must have excellent written and spoken communication skills
  
• Excellent self-management skills
  
• Strong academic credentials

To apply, please send a letter describing your interest and abilities, as well as a resume/CV, to "jobs@allpowerlabs.org".

Job title: Power Systems Specialist
Department:  Production
Reports to:  Production Manager
Status: Salaried
Date:  2/6/13
Created By: Ariel Fisk-Vittori

Summary The Power Systems Specialist  will be responsible for assembling and testing gaseous-fuel generator systems and provide product testing support.

Duties and Tasks

• Assembly of generator system from components to support production schedule
  
• Quality control inspection and testing of engine and generator systems
  
• Compete production and quality control forms
  
• Troubleshoot malfunctions and perform repairs as needed
  
• Read and interpret assembly drawings and instructions
  
• Maintain an organized inventory
  
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment
  
• Complete preventive maintenance of shop tools and equipment
  
• Participate in product development
  
• Place orders for supplies

Qualifications

• High attention to detail
  
• Strong mechanical knowledge of engine and generator systems
  
• Strong understanding of electronics and electrical systems

• Ability to effectively troubleshoot engine and electrical issues
  
• At least two years educational or professional experience working with engine / generator systems

• Knowledge and experience with mechanical assembly
  
• Knowledge and experience working with a wide range of shop tools and equipment

• Proficient with office applications: word processing and especially spreadsheets.
  
• Ability to develop and perform engine / generator performance analytics

• Must have excellent written and spoken communication skills
  
• Must have strong organization, multi tasking, and time management skills

• Must be highly self motivated, able to think quickly on feet, and thrive in a fast-paced work environment

To apply, please send a letter describing your interest and abilities, as well as a resume/CV to "jobs@allpowerlabs.org".

Announcing the APL Authorized Representative Program

ALL Power Labs is receiving a growing stream of proposals for overseas representation and reselling of our products.  Many of these come from individuals who’ve been watching our progress for years, and find our products have now achieved a level of maturity to justify pilot scale rollouts in their region.  Fortunately, we agree.

We also know the next stage of our growth cannot happen without commercial partners in “faraway” local markets.  There are many details of product demonstration, last mile services, and local project development that we cannot well serve online from Berkeley, California.  This is where you come in.

Today we’re announcing the launch of our global Authorized Representative Program. The goal of this program is to find individuals who can successfully localize our products, and build the related businesses to grow the results.  This will be much than an arms length reseller agreement.  It will be an active participatory role, somewhat like a “Value Added Reseller”, but with responsibilities and opportunities extending well beyond a typical VAR.

As an Authorized Representative (AR), you will be expected to orchestrate regular product demonstration events at your site, somewhat like we do with our monthly Open House events in Berkeley.  You’ll be offered a wide array of “last mile service” commercial opportunities, as well as the add-on projects that regularly arise around a gasifier installation.  You’ll become the “go to” person in your region for small-scale biomass power generation, and be given a front row seat to develop the larger deployments in your region.

To succeed in these activities, you’ll need to possess technical abilities across gasification and internal combustion engines; general business and logistics expertise; and financing capability, expertise or contacts to enable purchase scaling.  Few people come with all of these resources together by default.  You should at the very least be willing to assemble teams or local partnerships that in time will address all these pieces of the puzzle.

We’re open to establishing AR relationships anywhere in the world.  However, for the six months of the program, we’d like to focus on the following regions.

·   Italy
·   Indonesia
·   Eastern Europe
·   Australia
·   South Africa
·   India
·   Canada

Note that we already have reps in three additional regions.  These individuals chose themselves prior to this program through getting a Power Pallet and starting action on-the-ground.  They are Holger Roswandowicz in Germany, Yoav Palatnik and Vickson Korlewala in Liberia, and Gerardo Turrubiate in Tulum, Mexico.  Hundreds of others have asked or proposed things over the last 4 years, but we didn’t have a clear program to offer.  Now finally, we do.

We believe our personal scale power products are on the cusp of a transformational uptake in-the-market and on-the-ground.  Waste biomass fuel is nearly everywhere and often free.  Rural electrification --whether developing world or otherwise-- usually suffers from high cost or high intermittency, with few options that truly replace the usability of the grid or a diesel genset.  Those who’ve been watching us for last few years have been watching us progressively roll out the answer-- and do so at a price point unprecedented in the biomass energy sector.

We are in no way done with our development.  Both our technology and its productization continue to undergo rapid development, and will continue to do so for years to come.  However, we are finally at a first point of design stability and manufacturing capacity to support meaningful pilot scale rollouts, and encourage local businesses to form to drive the opportunity forward.

We expect these efforts to return significant rewards in future years --across multiple bottom lines-- however in the near term, there’s mostly just going to be lots of work.  Understand clearly that this will be a high opportunity cost engagement, appropriate for only the exceptionally motivated, and those in possession of a long view.  Nonetheless, we hope you will seriously consider joining us for the adventure, and help us put a significant dent in the universe of the energy problem.

If you would more information on the program, please write us at sales@allpowerlabs.org and we’ll send you the full program details.

Thank you for considering.  I hope you will join us.


Jim Mason
www.gekgasifier.com

the local newspaper was at our unveiling of the powertainer a couple weeks again in morris.  here's the article they just published.
http://www.morrissun...group/homepage/

more info and photos of the project can be found in the blog post here:
http://gekgasifier.c...-at-unm-morris/

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