Mechanical Design Engineer Jobs in Pennsylvania

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

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Do you have a passion for safety, solving unique challenges, driving efficiency and operational excellence? Air Products seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer at our Bethlehem, PA headquarters who embodies a safety-first mentality, takes ownership for getting results and can complete daily operating and maintenance activities. If this sounds like you, come grow with us as we continue to build a sustainable tomorrow together!

We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer responsible for the design, development, and project execution of proprietary, high-speed rotating machinery and machinery support systems at our headquarters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Rotoflow® is a full-service turbomachinery OEM - providing a wide range of new equipment solutions and aftermarket services to our customers globally. For over 75 years, Rotoflow® has designed and manufactured both standard and custom-engineered cryogenic and warm gas centrifugal turbomachinery used in market segments such as industrial gases, petrochemicals, and hydrocarbons. Products include compressor loaded turbo-expanders, generator-loaded power recovery expanders, and low-cost dissipative expanders. We offer new equipment designs, rerates, upgrades and repair along with field services, engineering evaluations, reliability, troubleshooting, training, remote diagnostics/data monitoring, shop services, and new equipment replacements for all types of centrifugal and reciprocating equipment. Our customers are served globally through regional service centers supported by both regional and centralized execution teams.

What's In It for You: At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Completing mechanical design tasks related to won projects and product development initiatives, support of aftermarket activities and engineering tasks.
• Collaboration with customers to ensure proper design and integration of equipment into the process.
• Perform safety and operability reviews.
• Collaborate with various subject areas to finalize equipment designs.
• Perform various turbomachinery design analyses including FEA (stress, deflection, and modal), hand calculations, and rotordynamics.
• Select components and materials for turbomachinery and systems.
• Checking and approving manufacturing drawings.
• Support of bid estimate development.
• Development of standardized product deliverables collaborating with Product Owners.
• Support root cause analyses (RCA) of equipment and field commissioning and start up activities performed by the Aftermarket Team.
• Collaborate with the Business Improvement Team to develop new and standardized design engineering tools and work processes for streamlining projects and product development.
• Drive engineering and material cost reductions and competitiveness across project and product offerings collaborating with stakeholders.
• Challenge norms with alternate solutions rooted in engineering fundamentals.
• Promote safety and diversity consistent with the philosophies of Rotoflow®.

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Design experience with turbomachinery or rotating machinery from a manufacturing point of view.
• Detail-oriented, goal oriented, organized, creative, self-motivated, collaborative and customer focused.
• Strong interpersonal skills (written, verbal and presentation).
• 2D CAD and 3D modeling and simulation a plus.
• Advanced FEA capabilities a plus.
• Rotordynamic analysis capabilities a plus.

Differentiating Experience:

• Fluid film bearing, gas bearing, magnetic bearing, hydrostatic bearing and rolling element bearing applications and design experience.
• Equipment start up and plant integration.
• Turbine testing, data acquisition and data evaluation.
• Programming skills: VB, C#, C++, Python, Matlab, Fortran or similar languages.
• Support machinery refurbishment, upgrades, and rerate activities by developing technical scope for service activity in both field and service centers, including detailed design engineering of mechanical and aerodynamic systems.
• Perform reverse engineering of turbomachinery components to build replacement part engineering and manufacturing drawings.
• Participate in Root Cause Analyses and develop technical reports for customers.

Minimum Hiring Requirements:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related degree, advanced degree and focus on turbomachinery design, rotordynamics, fluid film bearings, design for manufacturability, and/or manufacturing processes a plus.
• 5 years minimum turbomachinery design, rotating machinery design experience.
• Experience with repair disposition of turbomachinery or related technologies a plus.

Working Conditions:

• This position is based at our headquarters in Bethlehem, PA.
• Travel requirements: Minimal-under 10%.
• Work environment: Indoors office setting on same site as testing lab and manufacturing floor.

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Air Products proudly values the skills, dedication, and leadership that veterans bring to the table. As a veteran-friendly organization, we actively encourage and welcome veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the unique strengths and experiences that veterans contribute, and we foster a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth.

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.

Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail us at talent@airproducts.com. General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you’ll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.