Mechanical Engineer III

Cooper Machinery Services; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Cooper Machinery Services seeks a Mechanical Engineer III to join the Engineering team in Houston. You will make decisions within set parameters, tackle moderately complex challenges, and contribute to innovative solutions.

You will collaborate across teams to meet customer requirements and drive projects forward. The role emphasizes turbomachinery design, 3D modeling, ASME Y14.5M GD&T, and data-driven design improvements, with strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and detailed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field from an accredited university.
• 8–10 years of experience in mechanical engineering roles.

Responsibilities

• Match turbine flow capacity and efficiency to exhaust energy at various loads.
• Size compressors to meet boost pressure across engine speed/load ranges.
• Design nozzle rings, turbine/compressor wheels, and diffusers for expected envelope.
• Evaluate field data vs test cell data for troubleshooting and upgrades.
• Create 3D models and manufacturing drawings with GD&T per ASME Y14.5M.
• Collaborate with inside sales to support aftermarket quotations.
• Support NCR investigations and perform physical inspections.
• Provide inputs for FEA/CFD analyses to drive design improvements.

Skills

Strong technical presentation skills

TeamCenter

SAP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

TeamCenter

SAP

Job description

As a Mechanical Engineer III at Cooper Machinery, you will play a key role within the Engineering team, working cross-functionally to ensure customer requirements are successfully met. In this role, you will make informed decisions within established parameters, tackle moderately complex challenges, and contribute to the development of innovative engineering solutions. If you enjoy collaboration, problem solving, and driving projects forward, this is a strong opportunity to grow your impact.

What You Will Do:

• Match turbine flow capacity and turbine efficiency to exhaust energy available from the engine at various load points.
• Size the compressor to meet boost pressure requirements across the engine's speed and load range.
• Design nozzle rings, turbine wheels, compressor wheels, and diffusers for the expected operating envelope, including part-load conditions.
• Turbine wheel material selection experience needed.
• Understand creep, stress rupture, and thermal fatigue failure modes at elevated temperatures.
• Weld procedure qualification and repair standards for cast and forged components.
• Test stand design and instrumentation.
• Evaluation of field (on-engine) data and compare to test cell data for troubleshooting and identification of upgrade potential.
• Read bearing damage patterns and analyze compressor wheel damage.
• Reconstruct operating history from physical evidence on returned hardware, cross-referenced against control system data.
• Familiar with the design requirements of critical components of reciprocating compressors and determine critical-to-quality aspects.
• Create parametric casting/forging and machining 3D models and associative manufacturing drawings.
• Collaborate daily with the inside sales team to support aftermarketcomponentquotations.
• Provide support to the Quality team with Non-Conformance Report (NCR) investigations, including physical inspections.
• Provide inputs from model and drawing studies to support Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis for design improvements.
• Implement ASME standards on manufacturing drawings/models and apply correct Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5M standard.
• Utilize engineering functions withinTeamCenterand SAP for material master and Bill of Materials (BOM) creation, checking, and approval processes.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineeringor related field from an accredited university with 8-10 years of experience.
• Strong technical presentation skills.

Why Join Us:

• Most benefits are effective on your first day of employment — no waiting period.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability coverage (6-month short-term disability waiting period)
• Voluntary life, AD&D, and long-term disability buy up plan
• Voluntary benefit plans including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity Insurance plans
• 401(k) with up to 5% company match, employees are 100% vested on Day 1
• Maternity and parental leave, Arc Fertility Benefits, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health support.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Cooper Machinery Services is an equal opportunity employer and gives all qualified applicants consideration of employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Travel Required

No .

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