Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer who can contribute to the development and refinement of industrial thermal-fluid systems. This role requires a blend of theoretical understanding and practical mechanical engineering skills, with a focus on ensuring designs are buildable, operable, maintainable, and cost-effective.

Responsibilities

• Help develop and refine industrial thermal-fluid systems with a strong eye toward buildability, operability, maintainability, and cost
• Create CAD models, assemblies, and drawings where needed, not just review them
• Critically review prints, layouts, and design packages and catch issues before they reach fabrication or the field
• Work across process, mechanical, electrical, controls, and field considerations rather than staying narrowly inside one discipline
• Drive portions of the design from concept through vendor engagement, detailed design, fabrication, and field feedback
• Work directly with suppliers and fabricators to clarify requirements, review designs, answer RFIs, and make sound judgements on open-ended engineering questions
• Identify opportunities to standardize or automate parts of the design process, including engineering tools, design workflows, drawing generation, or CAD workflows
• Help raise the technical level of the team through strong review, clear reasoning, and high standards while keeping an eye on speed and pragmatism

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of relevant experience in industrial equipment, process equipment, thermal-fluid systems, energy systems, rotating equipment, or related product development
• Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals across piping, pressure vessels, materials, heat exchangers, rotating equipment, skidded systems, bearings, and fabrication
• Strong CAD capability, ideally in SolidWorks, including ability to create models and drawings directly
• Strong print review instincts and the ability to find issues, inconsistencies, and bad assumptions in mechanical design packages
• Ability to make sound engineering judgments in ambiguous, first-of-a-kind, or cross-disciplinary situations
• Ability to communicate clearly with engineers, vendors, fabricators, and leadership
• Willingness to engage with real hardware, real field constraints, and real operating problems
• Hands-on field, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, or plant support experience
• Experience with pumps, compressors, turbomachinery, steam systems, thermal systems, or fluid systems
• Working knowledge of relevant codes and standards such as ASME and API
• Experience reviewing or developing piping layouts, supports, stress/life considerations, materials selections, and fabrication details
• Experience improving engineering workflows through scripting, automation, design tools, or model-based approaches

What We Value

We value engineers who are curious, rigorous, hard to fool, and hard to impress. We look for people who want to understand what is actually going on in a system, who care whether a design will really work, and who are willing to challenge assumptions when something does not look right. We are especially interested in people who combine first principles thinking with practical mechanical depth, independent thinking, and high ownership.

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Stock options
• Medical, dental, and 401k benefits
• Salary range: $130,000 to $160,000

Location

This role is fully remote. The candidate must be currently based in and have the right to work in the United States.