Senior Mechanical Engineer, Mud Pumps – Hybrid (Houston)

PTS Advance; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus potential

Hybrid schedule: 3 days in office and

Job summary

PTS Advance in Houston, TX, is looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design and refine mud pumps and other positive displacement equipment. This hybrid, direct-hire role involves real hardware work with a tight team of engineers.

You will design mud pumps, perform stress analyses, create drawings, source components, and develop test plans from concept through final specs, with minimal travel—about once a year domestically.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 3+ years of design experience on mud pumps or similar equipment.
• CAD proficiency in Creo, Inventor, or SolidWorks.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine mud pumps, positive displacement pumps, and frac pumps.
• Run stress analysis and tolerance studies on components and systems.
• Build detailed design layouts and drawings.
• Spec and source purchased components.
• Create and run test plans to validate performance.
• Work with cross-functional teams from concept to final specification.

Skills

Design experience

Reading P&ID/schematics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Creo

Inventor

SolidWorks

ANSYS / SolidWorks Simulation

Job description

PTS Advance in Houston, TX, is looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design and refine mud pumps and other positive displacement equipment. This hybrid, direct-hire role involves real hardware work with a tight team of engineers.

You will design mud pumps, perform stress analyses, create drawings, source components, and develop test plans from concept through final specs, with minimal travel—about once a year domestically.