Lead Mechanical Engineer - Winterleap

Winterleap is building the world’s first solution designed to treat weeds and pests during winter, when nature is most vulnerable and intervention is most effective. By working with the natural winter cycle, Winterleap helps farmers dramatically reduce weed pressure and pest populations before the growing season even begins, lowering the need for chemicals and intensive interventions later on.

This breakthrough approach improves soil health, supports more resilient farming systems, and helps growers address rising costs and increasing environmental pressure. Built on deep agronomic insight and robust engineering, Winterleap is redefining what’s possible in sustainable crop protection.

We’re a no-nonsense team with a strong bias for action. We design, test, and refine our technology in close collaboration with farmers, making sure it works in real fields, in harsh winter conditions, not just on paper. We take pride in executing well, learning fast, and doing whatever it takes to deliver practical solutions that matter.

Working at Winterleap means tackling hard problems with real-world impact. You’ll have the freedom to take ownership, the trust to make decisions, and the opportunity to help build a category-defining technology from the ground up.

Join us as we pioneer winter-based crop protection and shape the future of farming.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Lead Mechanical Engineer that can strengthen our product development.

- Lead and design the mechanical machine engineering development of the products

- Lead initial product builds with manufacturers, contractors, 3rd party suppliers as fit

- Own standard and compliance scoping and documentation for the products you design

- Take ownership of the machine engineering from start to finish in its cycle

Qualifications

- High level of proficiency in the use of CAD tools; Such as Solid Works, Onshape, Inventor or similar.

- Structural analysis.

- Solid familiarity with applicable codes and compliance such as Machine Directive, CE, SAE, DOT, and similar.

- Safety assessments

- Extensive experience designing and producing sheet metal, bar stock, machined, weldment, thermoplastic and composite parts, mechanical product design.

- Good costs overview and knowledge of manufacturing methods and their related costs

- Experience designing for harsh outdoor environments to protect against water ingress, rust, corrosion, and shock/vibe damage.

- Desire to support products in the production and field environments and a high level of comfort working directly with customers on farms. Willingness to travel to these locations as needed.

- Ability to quickly prototype, troubleshoot, and iterate designs with both deep ownership and collaboration.

- BS+ in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

- Relevant work experience is a requirement for this position.

Location: Oslo, we are located at Startuplab, but you must be open to occasionally travel to the US/Canada

As an early team member, you’ll receive company ownership and be part of the long-term upside of what we build