Engineering Co-op- Spring 2027

About Plantd

Plantd was founded under the belief that wood does not need to come from trees and that building civilizations of the future will require carbon-negative materials to reverse the level of atmospheric carbon present today and sustain life, as we know it, on our planet. Starting with the homebuilding industry, we are leading a movement to materials made from renewable grass and building the factory of the future to ensure atmospheric carbon captured in the field is locked away inside walls, floors, and roofs of new homes.

Engineering Co-op 

At Plantd, you will work directly with the engineering team to build the machines and systems that will disrupt the traditional construction industry. You will learn to design, fabricate, test, and iterate through current and next-generation technologies that will enable full-scale production of modern, carbon-negative building materials, bringing Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials to life. 

Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space designing components, machines, and automated production lines.  You will partner with engineers and peers to develop requirements at the system level and will own the creation of CAD models, engineering drawings, and structural analyses for your projects.  

We look for smart, motivated, collaborative team members who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop the most efficient carbon-sequestering machines to fix how the world builds things
• Understand fundamentals to make sure that you’re fixing things that matter
• Assist with designing machines and automated production lines at a rapid pace so we can move fast
• Work with other world-class engineers to integrate your designs into the most efficient machines possible
• Adapt to fast-changing inputs, data, specifications, and requirements
• Assist with document designs in CAD models, engineering drawings, structural analyses, engineering specifications, and bill of materials so that we can keep track of all the things you’re fixing

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Personally invested in long term mission to move fast and fix how we work with carbon
• Thinks fast and adapts to changing conditions
• First year courses in calculus, statics, dynamics, or machine design.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• CAD experience using Inventor, Fusion, or similar
• Experience working on a team
• Hands-on fabrication experience: Welding, CNC milling and lathe, plasma cutting, electrical soldering, and wiring

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be willing to work on-site in Oxford, NC

COMPENSATION:

• Competitive hourly rate