Mechanical Engineer

Flowserve; Bill Smith Subdivision (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Flowserve is seeking a Staff Product Engineer to lead product line engineering for quarter-turn ball valves. You will identify configurations to meet customer specs and coordinate with GTEC to finalize documentation.

You will address design, cost, reliability, and service features, while supporting sales, quoting, and manufacturing transitions. The role involves developing and validating drawings and BOMs, ensuring compliance with standards, and providing technical support across the order,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience managing multiple projects with formal tools.
• Familiarity with international valve standards.
• Ability to read/interpret manufacturing drawings and tolerances.

Responsibilities

• Ensure design and standards documentation is complete and accurate for global manufacturing and QA.
• Review and approve BOMs and customer drawings.
• Provide technical support for new inquiries, quotations, and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate with order management, quality, and GTEC to resolve issues and answer product questions.
• Support product development, manufacturability, cost, reliability, and performance improvements.

Skills

Project management

Collaborative teamwork

Technical communication

Reading engineering drawings

Materials knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

CIP certification

Green Belt (Six Sigma)

DFSS knowledge

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

ANSYS / CFD / FEA

Job description

The Staff Product Engineer will be responsible for product line engineering of assigned quarter-turn ball valves. The Staff Product Engineer will identify product configurations and options to meet customer specifications. Additionally, they will coordinate with other engineering resources (GTEC Bangalore) to complete engineering documentation and will review and approve bills of materials, as well as component and general arrangement drawings. The candidate will address various issues related to product design and manufacturing, including sales and quoting support, production costs, feasibility, quality, performance, reliability, serviceability, and customized user features. Responsibilities will also include product and component design, development, and transitioning the product to manufacturing, along with supporting the sales and service teams in quoting and repairing the product.PRIMARY RESPONSBILITIESEnsure engineering design and standards documentation is complete, accurate, and sufficient in support of global manufacturing and quality assurance activities. This includes generating or checking bills of material, manufacturing drawings and sales order drawings.Check and approve engineering documentation created by other resources, including GTECProvide technical and customer service support for new customer inquiries, including the design of special products, technical evaluations of project sales quotations, application and troubleshooting assistance, and evaluations of returned goods.Communicate between order management, commercial operations, quality and GTEC resources to resolve order issues and answer product questionsSupport product development and improvement activities addressing manufacturability, material cost, reliability and performance enhancements.Implement engineering best practices and Flowserve standards.Maintain up-to-date awareness of relevant national, international and industry standards and initiate any product improvements of modifications to ensure the product line meets these requirements.Support manufacturing and quality in processing orders through the shop floor.REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIESBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree.Able to support multiple projects simultaneously utilizing advanced project management tools, methods, and applications.Must have a high sense of urgency to meet lead-time requirements and processing engineering workflow tasksFamiliarity with and understanding of various International Standards relating to valves.Computer-Assisted Design/3-Dimensional design, Solid works and/or Inventor.Engineering analysis using appropriate methods, such as calculation, testing or FEA.Capable of reading, interpreting, and creating engineering drawings, especially relating to manufacturability and tolerancing.Effective oral and written communications.Must have a collaborative style that encourages the flow of communication, removes obstacles, and promotes problem solving and teamwork. Interpersonal communications skills are critical for working with cross-functional departments, customers and vendors.Must have high sense of urgency to plan and execute project deliverables to meet schedule milestones. Able to work independently, with organizational skills to establish priorities and drive tasks to completion.REFERRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:3+ years’ experience in product engineering, particularly on industrial type products in a manufacturing environment.Experience in industrial process valve design. Specifically, experience with quarter turn valves, such as butterfly, plug or ball valves.Experience with castings, forgings and machined components.Knowledge of various materials utilized in industrial products, such as steel alloys and non-metallic sealing elements.Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) certification, Green Belt minimum preferred. Knowledge on Design for Six Sigma (DFSS).Knowledge in tools such as Design to Value, VaVe, etc.Basic level application of advanced engineering processes including CFD, FEA; use of ANSYS preferred.