lead mechanical engineer

About the role

Do you have a passion for solving complex engineering challenges and developing world-class turbomachinery solutions? Air Products is seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer to join our Rotoflow team in Bethlehem, PA. In this role, you will apply your expertise in turbomachinery design, analysis, and project execution to support proprietary high-speed rotating equipment and machinery support systems used by customers around the world. If you thrive in a safety-focused environment and enjoy tackling challenging engineering problems, we invite you to grow with us as we build a more sustainable future.

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
• Execute 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 customers to ensure proper design and integration of equipment into the process
• Select components and materials for turbomachinery and systems
• Perform safety and operability reviews
• Check and approve manufacturing drawings
• Support bid estimate development
• 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

Differentiating Skills / Abilities

• Advanced FEA capabilities
• Rotordynamic analysis capabilities
• Fluid film bearing, gas bearing, magnetic bearing, hydrostatic bearing and rolling element bearing applications and design experience
• Gas seal and labyrinth seal applications and design experience
• Design for manufacturability experience
• Turbine testing, data acquisition and data evaluation
• 2D CAD and 3D modeling and simulation
• Equipment startup and plant integration

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)