Mechanical Designer

Key Responsibilities

• Create complex 3D models and assemblies for positive displacement pumps and related components.
• Create detailed manufacturing drawings for pump components such as fluid ends, power ends, crankshafts, connecting rods, crossheads, plungers, packing assemblies, valves, seats, retainers, covers, housings, manifolds, and related structures.
• Apply GD&T principles to communicate critical tolerances, fits, datums, surface finishes, and inspection requirements.
• Create and maintain bills of material for pump assemblies, subassemblies, and serviceable components.
• Support tolerance stack-up reviews for critical pump assemblies and highly loaded components.
• Support new product development, prototype builds, design iterations, and production release packages.
• Update existing pump drawings and models to improve manufacturability, reduce cost, reduce weight, improve reliability, and simplify assembly or field service.
• Collaborate with NOV manufacturing facilities and suppliers to ensure designs can be machined, fabricated, inspected, assembled, and serviced efficiently.
• Support design standardization across pump product lines, including common components, drawing practices, materials, fasteners, and modeling methods.
• Review as-built feedback, field issues, manufacturing concerns, and service observations to support continuous product improvement.
• Affiliate with engineering change requests, drawing revisions, and controlled product release documentation.
• Maintain organized 3D models, assembly trees, configurations, part numbers, revisions, and drawing files.

Pump Design Focus Areas

• High-pressure positive displacement pumps
• Reciprocating pumps
• Triplex and quintuplex pump assemblies
• Fluid end components and consumables
• Power end components and structures
• Pump skids, bases, guards, covers, and mounting structures
• Lube systems and auxiliary pump systems
• Packing, sealing, valve, and seat arrangements
• Manifolds, suction/discharge connections, and pressure-containing components
• Service tooling, lifting fixtures, and assembly aids
• Field retrofit kits and production improvement packages

Required Education, Skills And Experience

• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 2-4 years of related experience.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks PDM for 3D modeling, assemblies, configurations, and detailed drawings.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD or similar 2D drafting software.
• Experience creating drawings for machined components with tight tolerances and critical fits.
• Strong understanding of mechanical drafting, GD&T, tolerance stack-up, datums, surface finish, and inspection requirements.
• Ability to design and document parts for CNC machining, fabrication, welding, coatings and assembly.
• Understanding of materials used in highly loaded mechanical components, pressure-containing parts, and wear components.
• Ability to create accurate BOMs and clearly define part hierarchy.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality drawing releases.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving R&D environment with changing priorities and evolving design requirements.
• Practical understanding of manufacturability, assembly, inspection, cost reduction, and field serviceability.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with engineering, production, suppliers, and service teams.
• Unrestricted ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Preferred Knowledge Experience

• Knowledge of positive displacement pumps, reciprocating pumps, triplex pumps, quintuplex pumps, or high-pressure pumping equipment.
• Familiarity with oilfield pressure pumping, hydraulic fracturing, cementing, coiled tubing, drilling, or industrial pumping applications.
• Knowledge of pressure-containing component design and documentation.
• Familiarity with applicable ASME, API, ASTM, and ISO standards related to pump design, materials, tolerancing, and manufacturing.
• Experience with high-strength steels, stainless steels, forgings, castings, heat treatment, coatings, and wear-resistant materials.
• Understanding of pump failure modes such as fatigue, washout, erosion, cavitation, seal wear, bearing failure, fretting, galling, and fastener loosening.
• Experience designing for global manufacturing and multi-site production.