Senior Design Engineer

Job Description and Duties

Due to Federal Contract requirements, US Citizenship is required for this position.

• Provides a high level of non-supervisory engineering work on broad project assignments through all phases of new unit design, development, manufacture, test, and commissioning.
• Takes ownership of and drives assignments, with limited guidance or intervention required to progress work.
• Works with Lead Engineers and Project managers to understand and prioritize assigned work.
• Provides technical expertise and work direction to colleagues who are working together on assigned project tasks.
• Engaged as primary engineering analyst utilizing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software to support the needs of the OE group.
• Produces reports to summarize and present results of calculations and FEA simulations.
• Provides recommendations to optimize or improve designs based on results of simulations.
• Supports all aspects of unit design as assigned by the Lead Unit Design Engineer or Engineering Manager, including, but not limited to, initial planning, concepting, mechanical design, material selection, calculations, and test plan creation.
• Collaborates with the Lead Unit Design Engineer and Engineering Manager to recommend appropriate design strategy for conceptual and product development.
• Identifies pros, cons, and risks of design choices, both during and downstream from the design phase.
• Author, check, and approve most types of contract documents and drawings at the senior level as needed to support OE contracts.
• Executes against established schedules, producing progress reports as required.
• Identifies tasks and priorities and assists the Lead Unit Design Engineer with setting hours estimates and adhering to targets/deadlines.
• Interfaces with customers and vendors as required in the performance of design activities.
• Performs self-check of completed work, develops self-confidence, mentors, counsels and provides guidance to peers and team as directed by the Lead Unit Design Engineer and Engineering Manager.
• Aids in identifying training courses for self and others to develop required skills.
• Promotes in-house mechanical design excellence by suggesting design and analysis tools, techniques and process improvements.
• Participates in or leads development projects related to the expansion and improvement of company standards, processes, and procedures.
• Engineers in this role will be expected to apply engineering fundamentals and use their broad working knowledge of mechanical design, stress calculations, analyses, and manufacturing to solve varying and complex problems.

Minimum qualifications

• BSME and 5-10 years of mechanical engineering design and analysis in the field of industrial rotating machinery such as pumps, turbines or compressors.
• Professional Engineer Registration or ability to gain registration.
• Concentration in power generation, nuclear, or chemical process industries is a plus.
• Strong SolidWorks or solid modeling skills in other software.
• Experience conducting linear stress analysis with manual or finite element analysis techniques.
• Experience with some FEA analysis types such as static, thermal, frequency, transient, and non-linear.
• Exhibit a thorough understanding of pertinent codes, governing regulations and industry practice.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing the ASME Code Section VIII or Section III desired.
• Ability to read & interpret engineering drawings, standards and specifications.
• Comfortable with GD&T.
• Comprehensive understanding of mechanical engineering principles associated with the design, analysis and operation of centrifugal pumps.
• Expected travel is less than 10% yearly.
• Proficient in SolidWorks, ANSYS, MathCad, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong problem-solving skills, great at simplifying problems, communicates well with all people.
• Possess good attention to detail, personal organization, independent work ethic, manages time well, and drives tasks through to completion.