Lead Autoclave Systems Engineer

Beta Star Life Science Equipment; Honey Brook (Chester County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

R-V Industries, Inc. is expanding its Beta Star Division, offering a Principal Engineer role focused on autoclave product line. You will act as the senior technical voice and drive design quality across mechanical and controls disciplines.

We seek a hands-on leader with 8+ years of design experience, SolidWorks proficiency, and a track record in high-temperature/high-pressure systems. The position emphasizes ownership from concept through release and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in machine or product design with leadership experience.
• Experience with autoclaves or high-temp/high-pressure vessels preferred.
• Strong background in stress/failure calculations and sensor selection.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior technical voice on the Beta Star team — set the bar for design quality and help mechanical and controls peers solve hard problems.
• Own the deepest technical knowledge of the autoclave platform; be the go-to engineer for design questions across both disciplines.
• Drive product development from concept through release, coordinating with mechanical and controls peers on design, prototyping, and validation.
• Champion lifecycle improvement — own ECRs, root-cause field issues, and improve cost, reliability, and manufacturability of existing designs.
• Lead design reviews and mentor less-experienced engineers through pairing and coaching.
• Maintain the ASME Section VIII calculation set; perform, check, and technically review peers' calculations.
• Partner with Sales, PM, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing, Testing, and Installation, and serve as the primary technical contact with customer engineering.
• Uphold configuration management and design control standards; manage engineering budget and schedule on owned projects.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives — design standards, reusable building blocks, tooling, and processes that make the whole team faster and more consistent.

Skills

Senior technical leadership

Controls integration

SolidWorks experience

P&ID creation

Design standards creation

Design reviews mentorship

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

PDM

Job description

R-V Industries, Inc. is expanding its Beta Star Division, offering a Principal Engineer role focused on autoclave product line. You will act as the senior technical voice and drive design quality across mechanical and controls disciplines.

We seek a hands-on leader with 8+ years of design experience, SolidWorks proficiency, and a track record in high-temperature/high-pressure systems. The position emphasizes ownership from concept through release and collaboration with cross-functional teams.