Senior Compressor Development Engineer

Description

• Be involved in all steps in the product development process/life cycle, from customer requirements, to design, to prototype manufacturing, to product qualification, to final product implementation and product launch
• Provide documentation, both high-level and detailed documentation, for all projects and tasks throughout the development process
• Communicate and instruct designers to create specifications and check part drawings
• Create robust design using DFMEA method during design, analysis and testing
• Use simulation tools to simulate design performance and reliability to support DFMEA
• Collaborate and communicate with other teams in the product development process/projects to ensure the final product meets all objectives and customer requirements in all product areas
• Communicate and instruct lab technicians to set up tests and gather data to meet the test parameters and accuracy requirements
• In-depth involvement in all aspects of the test phase to validate design. Provides detailed analysis based on mathematical, finite element analysis, and experimental data
• Participate in inspection results to ensure all designed parts are manufactured as specified, within specified tolerances
• Communication with all suppliers and vendors to determine manufacturability
• Provide accurate and precise product performance results for marketing and sales for product selection
• Analyze test data and reports, making clear conclusions if designs meet functional, performance, and safety specifications
• Derive component-level requirements from assembly requirements to create part specifications and drawings:
• Evaluate all mechanical aspects to ensure the product designed and developed will meet life cycle requirements. This will include detail stress, vibration, modal, fatigue analysis of all designed components
• Plan and develop test programs for prototypes using Design of Experiments as needed for complex problems with many variables
• Create pass/fail criteria of analysis and test results by applying reason and logic to fundamental mechanics
• Create and implement planning for compressor development including Design and Review milestones
• Develop parts qualification process/procedure and makes decisions pass/fail from developed criteria

Requirements

• Basic skills with CAD applications
• Detailed and advanced centrifugal compressor design from each mechanical component to electrical components used in compressors. This includes the complete centrifugal compressor material selection, gear design, bearing design, housing design, and rotor dynamic analysis of both single and multi-stage compressors
• Experience in common manufacturing capabilities and materials
• Solid fundamental understanding of mechanical engineering principles with a focus on stress analysis, mechanics of materials, vibration, fatigue, and failure modes
• Experience in product testing and data acquisition, with emphasis on compressor performance validation
• Familiarity with global HVAC principles and practices and Mechanical component design standards (ASHRAE, GB, ISO, etc.)
• Experience with turbomachinery preferably centrifugal compressors
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position
• Basic knowledge of test data analysis software and tools
• Ability to support the development of highly variable products that can be dynamically configured at the time of order using rules-based engineering tools
• Proficient in writing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
• Apply common manufacturing and inspection capabilities to choose materials and tolerances. Relevant experience with specifying tight tolerances and GD&T
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Bachelor's degree (Mechanical or Equivalent)
• 7+ years of related experience (Higher level degree can be substituted for years of experience)
• Knowledge of centrifugal compressor component design such as gears, bearings, rotating equipment, motors, casting and machining parts

Benefits

• Paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service
• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
• Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state and local law requires a faster accrual
• Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance
• Short term and long term disability
• Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance