Sr. Compressor Development Engineer
$90,400–$151,800 year
On-sitePlymouth, Minnesota, United States
Job Summary
Create and implement planning for compressor development, including design and review milestones for detailed centrifugal compressor systems from mechanical to electrical components. Evaluate mechanical aspects to ensure life cycle requirements, performing stress, vibration, and fatigue analyses on all designed components. Derive component-level requirements from assembly needs to create part specifications and drawings, communicating with suppliers to determine manufacturability. Participate in the full product development lifecycle, from customer requirements through prototype manufacturing, qualification, and launch. Develop robust designs using DFMEA methods, create test programs using Design of Experiments, and instruct lab technicians to gather data. Analyze test reports to validate design performance against functional, safety, and reliability specifications, providing precise product results for marketing.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (Mechanical or Equivalent)
- 5+ years of related experience (Higher level degree can be substituted for years of experience)
- Experience with turbomachinery preferably centrifugal 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
- Knowledge of centrifugal compressor component design such as gears, bearings, rotating equipment, motors, casting and machining parts
- Experience in product testing and data acquisition, with emphasis on compressor performance validation
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with global HVAC principles and practices and Mechanical component design standards (ASHRAE, GB, ISO, etc.)
- Basic knowledge of test data analysis software and tools
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
- 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
- Ability to support the development of highly variable products that can be dynamically configured at the time of order using rules-based engineering tools
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