What are the responsibilities and job description for the ENGINEER - RESEARCH ENGINEER - Rotating Machinery Dynamics Machinery Designer position at Southwest Research Institute?
Who We Are :
The Rotating Machinery Dynamics Section at Southwest Research Institute is responsible for transitioning ideas and concepts for improving machinery, machinery based power systems, and renewable energy systems into tangible systems that we design, build, and test.
Objectives of this Role :
- Design, fabricate, assemble, and test custom compressors, pumps, and turbines for advanced power cycles that meet a complex set of requirements.
- Ensure that machinery casings and pressure containment are safe and meet applicable ASME boiler and pressure vessel codes.
- Design reliable shafting and rotating components that meet required rotordynamic, stress, and thermal design constraints, and report findings in a variety of formats.
- Design high temperature components with advanced cooling, thermal barrier systems, and creep life to survive design life requirements.
- Design and operate reciprocating compressors, pumps, and expanders for use in oil and gas and energy machinery.
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