Lead Mechanical Engineer

Key Job Responsibilities

• Perform various turbomachinery design analyses for our most challenging projects and products including FEA (stress, deflection, and modal), hand calculations, and rotordynamics.
• Contribute to establishing strategy for the future of our mechanical design systems and design processes and helping to direct strategy towards ensuring our designs cover a maximum range of applications for our products.
• Participate in the development of mechanical tools to improve the productivity and accuracy of analyses including collaboration with other engineers and 3rd party commercial software teams.
• Collaborate with product, proposals, and across engineering disciplines to promote the best solutions to fit the needs of our customers.
• Mentor, train, and develop less experienced engineering staff by sharing knowledge and best practices.
• Supervise the creation of work processes, procedures, guidelines, training packages, and standards and approve content related to turbomachinery mechanical design and analysis.
• Executing mechanical design tasks related to awarded projects and product development initiatives, development and execution of innovation projects, support of aftermarket activities and engineering tasks.
• Support root cause analyses (RCA) of equipment and field commissioning and start up activities executed by the Aftermarket Team.
• Drive engineering and material cost reductions and competitiveness across project and product offerings collaborating with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Business Improvement Team to develop new and standardized design engineering tools and work processes for streamlining projects and product development.
• Challenge norms with alternate solutions rooted in engineering fundamentals.
• Promote safety and diversity consistent with the philosophies of Rotoflow.

Required Skills / Abilities

• 20+ years turbomachinery or rotating machinery design experience.
• Deep understanding of turbomachinery design principles including FEA, rotordynamics, bearing and seal technologies, and design for manufacturability.
• Detail-oriented, goal oriented, organized, creative, self-motivated, collaborative and customer focused.
• Excellent analytical, creativity, problem solving, time management, and decision-making skills.
• Ability and drive to continuously improve and eliminate unnecessary barriers or complexity to meeting customer needs.
• Ability to learn quickly and contribute to fostering an environment of continuous learning, acting as a coach and mentor.
• Ability to create an environment of trust and consistently exhibit a positive attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (written, verbal and presentation).
• Exemplify a passion for winning and ability to motivate teams.

Degree And Licensing Requirements

• Technical Degree: BS Mechanical Engineering (BSME) or related degree.
• Advanced degree and focus on turbomachinery design, rotordynamics, fluid film bearings, seals, design for manufacturability, and/or manufacturing processes a plus.

Working Conditions

• This position is based at our headquarters in Bethlehem, PA.
• Hybrid work schedule with 4 days in-office.
• Subject to change.
• Travel requirements: Minimal-under 10% for onsite customer support.
• Work environment: Indoors office setting at same site as testing lab and manufacturing floor.