What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Engineer position at Hunter Recruiting?
As the Design Engineer you’ll focus on designing and optimizing critical alloy components for continuous manufacturing.
Design Engineer Responsibilities:
- Develop alloy product designs and hardware packages for plants, prioritizing performance, durability, increased throughput, and cost efficiency.
- Create and oversee mechanical drawing packages, ensuring they meet standards and tolerances.
- Collaborate with vendors to explore new applications and materials as needed.
- Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues with support teams, including evaluating failures and inspections.
- Support innovation projects and gather data for modeling and design work.
- Conduct post-analysis on trial bushings to learn and improve designs.
- Collaborate with the Capital Delivery team on rebuild support and start-up activities.
- Engage with customers and conduct plant visits to understand requirements and implement improvements.
- Develop and refine simulation procedures using Computational Fluid Dynamics and structural Finite Element Analysis.
- Work with CAD resources to create high-fidelity geometry for simulations and automate simulation setup using Java scripting.
- Conduct experiments and validate simulation procedures in lab and factory settings.
- Travel occasionally (up to 25% with some international travel) to support projects and customer interactions.
Design Engineer Qualifications:
- MS in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on thermal/fluid sciences is required.
- Experience in mechanical design, drawings, and manufacturing of mechanical parts.
- Proficiency in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and structural Finite Element Analysis (FEA) codes.
- Strong Java scripting skills or experience with object-oriented coding.
- 0-5 years of experience in a CFD analyst role or thermal/fluid systems design required.
- Field experience in manufacturing operations support is a plus.
- Knowledge of electrical heating, controls, metalworking, and welded components is beneficial.
- Project leadership experience with scope, schedule, risk, and change management.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage employees at all levels.
- Self-motivated, organized, and willing to continue learning and growing in a specialized field.
