PCP - DHP Design Engineer

Lufkin Industries; Lufkin (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Lufkin Industries in Texas seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer to advance PCP and DHP product lines. You will independently perform design evaluations, review changes, and generate documentation, balancing quality, reliability, and cost targets.

The role requires a ABET-accredited Mechanical Engineering degree with 4+ years in design engineering, proficiency in Creo/Inventor, and experience with PLM systems. Travel up to 10% may be needed.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or ABET-accredited B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology with 4+ years in design engineering.
• Modeling/drafting experience in Creo (or equivalent 3D modeling software).
• Direct experience with PCP or DHP design and development; familiarity with API 11B or ISO 15136-1/2.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for PCP and DHP product lines.
• Review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements.
• Independently perform most design evaluation assignments.
• Review and approve design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Develop documentation related to design practices (layouts, specs, calculations, BoMs).
• Interface with cross-functional teams and external suppliers; coordinate external resources.
• Ensure quality, reliability, and cost targets; work in a global environment.

Skills

Creo

Inventor

3D modeling

Excel

Ansys

PLM systems

Mathcad

Communication

Team leadership

Education

ABET-accredited B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

ABET-accredited B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Tools

Creo

Inventor

Mathcad

Excel

Job description

• Provide technical support for PCP and DHP product lines.
• Review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related industry specifications.
• Independently perform most design evaluation assignments
• Review and approve design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Be responsible for the technical development of part of a job (requisition) or part of a new product introduction (NPI)
• Generate appropriate documentation related to design practices (layouts, specifications, design analysis and calculations, stack-ups, design conformity, and BoMs)
• Interface with Engineering, Product Line Manager, Services, Sourcing, Quality, Manufacturing, and interface with suppliers
• Coordinate and control the activities performed by external resources related to the assigned job
• Ensure expected results in terms of quality, reliability, execution time, and cost (within control)
• Use design tools (like parametric modeling software (Creo and Inventor), Excel, Mathcad and in-house design calculations)
• Other responsibilities as required
• Ability to understand and implement design layouts for overall assemblies and applying drawing standards
• Ability to work in teams and achieve targets
• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems
• Finite element analysis training and software use (Ansys preferred)
• Ability to work in a global environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to communicate technical data and conclusions to different levels of employees
• Bilingual English-Spanish is preferred but not required
• Willingness and ability to travel 10% of the time

Requirements

• Education and Training: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (ABET Accredited) or Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology (ABET Accredited) with a minimum of 4 additional years of experience in Design Engineering
• Technical Requirements: Modeling/drafting experience in the use of Creo (or other 3D modeling software)
• Experience: Direct experience in either PCP or DHP design and development activities. Direct experience with either API 11B or ISO 15136-1 and -2 standard compliance.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Preferred

Detail Oriented : Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Education

Preferred

Bachelors or better in Engineering Technology.

Bachelors or better in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience

Preferred

4 years: Design Engineering

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