Valves & Automation Design Engineer I – Houston

ValvTechnologies; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ValvTechnologies in Houston seeks a Product Engineer I to support Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing by researching feasibility and viability of customer specifications, reviewing drawings, BOMs, and quote data, and performing engineering calculations.

The role involves design support for metallic valves and automation components, processing daily orders, and driving improvements in product design and manufacturing efficiency.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent required.
• 5–8 years product engineering in manufacturing environment, valves/automation preferred.
• PE highly preferred; experience with castings, forgings, machining.

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering design support for metallic valves and automation equipment including ball, gate and check valves.
• Providing design engineering support for daily incoming sales orders and technical support for quotations and inquiries.
• Ensuring engineering design and standards documentation is complete, accurate, and sufficient for manufacturing and QA.
• Providing technical and customer service support for new inquiries, design of special products, and evaluations of returned goods.
• Leading product improvement activities including manufacturability, material cost, and performance enhancements.
• Driving process improvements within engineering to meet departmental metric goals (duty on BOMs, drawings, ECN closures).

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Problem-solving

Communication

Project leadership

Customer-centric

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD 2D

SolidWorks 3D

MS Office

Job description

ValvTechnologies in Houston seeks a Product Engineer I to support Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing by researching feasibility and viability of customer specifications, reviewing drawings, BOMs, and quote data, and performing engineering calculations.

The role involves design support for metallic valves and automation components, processing daily orders, and driving improvements in product design and manufacturing efficiency.