Process Heating Design Engineer — Solutions & Systems

Process Distribution Group; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Valin Corporation designs and implements process heating solutions, serving industries like oil & gas, semiconductor, and advanced manufacturing. The Design Engineer acts as the technical bridge between customers, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver high-performance systems.

Expect involvement from pre-sales design to post-sales troubleshooting, including site visits, training, and ongoing product optimization. Proficiency in SolidWorks/AutoCAD and electrical/control design is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven process heat, power distribution and control experience.
• A strong understanding of heater and heat trace circuits, component sizing, thermal controls, AC and DC power distribution and electrical control panel design.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales engineers to support customer-facing technical discussions and solution development. This includes periodic customer site visits and domestic travel.
• Provide a technical interface for the customer in heating and freeze protection applications. This includes heater sizing, circuit requirements, controls configuration and commissioning guidance.
• Translate customer requirements into engineered solutions, bills of materials, and proposals.
• Design and layout heat trace circuits, industrial control panels and thermal controls using SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD based on customer requirements and drawings.
• Configure and program thermal control components using vendor tools.
• Work closely with suppliers to select and apply the right technologies.
• Create and maintain manufacturing bill of materials, assembly CAD documentation in SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD, control configurations/programs as necessary and test procedures.
• Support the full project lifecycle: pre-sales (design/quoting) to post-sales (troubleshooting/commissioning).
• Provide technical training and support for customers and internal teams.
• Stay current on process heat and freeze protection technologies, competitor products, and market trends.
• Contribute technical expertise to marketing content and product positioning.

Skills

Process heat

Power distribution

Control systems

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Electrical design

Programming basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering or related technical field

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Valin Corporation designs and implements process heating solutions, serving industries like oil & gas, semiconductor, and advanced manufacturing. The Design Engineer acts as the technical bridge between customers, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver high-performance systems.

Expect involvement from pre-sales design to post-sales troubleshooting, including site visits, training, and ongoing product optimization. Proficiency in SolidWorks/AutoCAD and electrical/control design is required.