Rotoflow Senior Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Air Products & Chemical International - Bethlehem, PA

Full-time - Senior

Bethlehem, PA

About the position

At Air Products, we are committed to addressing the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. As a Senior Principal Mechanical Design Engineer at Rotoflow®, you will play a pivotal role in the design, development, and project execution of proprietary, high-speed rotating machinery and machinery support systems. This position is based at our headquarters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where you will collaborate with a team of highly motivated individuals dedicated to providing world-class products and customer service. Rotoflow® has been a leader in turbomachinery for over 75 years, offering a wide range of new equipment solutions and aftermarket services globally. Our products include compressor loaded turbo-expanders, generator-loaded power recovery expanders, and low-cost dissipative expanders. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to tap into a wealth of technical experience and explore your technical interests while contributing to the growth of our machinery design business. In this role, you will engage in various engineering activities, collaborating with multi-functional teams across sales, products, execution, engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing. Your responsibilities will include performing turbomachinery design analyses, executing mechanical design tasks, and supporting root cause analyses of equipment. You will also be involved in selecting components and materials, performing safety and operability reviews, and checking and approving manufacturing drawings. This position offers a unique opportunity to grow and develop your career while taking on increasing responsibility within a dynamic and growth-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform various turbomachinery design analyses including FEA (stress, deflection, and modal), hand calculations, and rotordynamics.
• Development of standardized product deliverables collaborating with Product Owners.
• Executing mechanical design tasks related to won projects and product development initiatives, support of aftermarket activities and engineering tasks.
• Communicate with vendors on technical solutions.
• 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.
• Collaboration 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.
• Collaborate with various subject areas to finalize equipment designs.
• Checking and approving manufacturing drawings.
• Support of 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®.

Requirements

• Technical Degree: BSME or related degree, advanced degree and focus on turbomachinery design, rotordynamics, fluid film bearings, design for manufacturability, and/or manufacturing processes a plus.
• 10+ years turbomachinery or rotating machinery design experience.
• Detail-oriented, goal oriented, organized, creative, self-motivated, collaborative and customer focused.
• Excellent analytical, creativity, problem solving, time management, and decision-making skills.
• Advanced FEA capabilities a plus.
• Fluid film bearing, gas bearing, magnetic bearing, hydrostatic bearing and rolling element bearing applications and design experience a plus.
• Rotordynamic analysis capabilities a plus.
• Turbine testing, data acquisition and data evaluation a plus.
• 2D CAD and 3D modeling and simulation a plus.
• Equipment start up and plant integration a plus.
• Programming skills: VB, C#, C+, Python, Matlab, Fortran or similar languages a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (written, verbal and presentation).
• Exemplify a passion for winning and ability to motivate teams.
• Ability to create an environment of trust and consistently exhibit a positive attitude.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced FEA capabilities
• Fluid film bearing, gas bearing, magnetic bearing, hydrostatic bearing and rolling element bearing applications and design experience
• Rotordynamic analysis capabilities
• Turbine testing, data acquisition and data evaluation
• 2D CAD and 3D modeling and simulation
• Programming skills: VB, C#, C+, Python, Matlab, Fortran or similar languages

Benefits

• Paid holidays and vacation
• Affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans
• 100% vested in retirement benefits on the first day of employment