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Principal roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's College and University Teachers and Scientific Technicians categories, though classification depends on your exact duties and credentials. Canadian citizens can apply at the border without pre-approval. Mexican nationals require a consular appointment. A qualifying job offer from a U.S. school or educational organization is required before filing.
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Get Access To All JobsAt 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.
Reimagine What’s Possible
Do you have a passion for solving complex engineering challenges and developing world-class turbomachinery solutions? Air Products is seeking a Sr Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Rotoflow® team in Bethlehem, PA or Houston, TX. In this role, you will apply your expertise in turbomachinery design, analysis, and project execution to support proprietary high-speed rotating equipment and machinery support systems used by customers around the world. If you thrive in a safety-focused environment and enjoy tackling challenging engineering problems, we invite you to grow with us as we build a more sustainable future.
Rotoflow®, an Air Products business, is a leading turbomachinery OEM providing new equipment, aftermarket services, and engineered solutions to customers worldwide. For more than 75 years, Rotoflow® has specialized in the design and manufacture of standard and custom-engineered cryogenic and warm gas centrifugal turbomachinery serving industries including industrial gases, petrochemicals, and hydrocarbons. Our products include compressor-loaded turbo-expanders, generator-loaded power recovery expanders, and low-cost dissipative expanders. In addition to new equipment, we provide upgrades, repairs, field services, engineering evaluations, reliability and troubleshooting support, training, remote diagnostics and monitoring, shop services, and replacement equipment for a wide variety of centrifugal and reciprocating machinery. Customers are supported globally through regional service centers backed by both regional and centralized execution teams.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Perform various turbomachinery design analyses including FEA (stress, deflection, and modal), hand calculations, and rotordynamics,
- Development of standardized product deliverables collaborating with Product Owners,
- Executing mechanical design tasks related to awarded projects and product development initiatives, support of aftermarket activities and engineering tasks,
- Communicate with vendors on technical solutions,
- Support root cause analyses (RCA) of equipment and field commissioning and startup activities executed by the Aftermarket Team,
- Drive engineering and material cost reductions and competitiveness across project and product offerings collaborating with stakeholders,
- Collaboration with customers to ensure proper design and integration of equipment into the process,
- Select components and materials for turbomachinery and systems,
- Perform safety and operability reviews,
- Collaborate with various subject areas to finalize equipment designs,
- Checking and approving manufacturing drawings,
- Support of bid estimate development,
- Collaborate with the Business Improvement Team to develop new and standardized design engineering tools and work processes for streamlining projects and product development,
- Challenge norms with alternate solutions rooted in engineering fundamentals,
- Promote safety and diversity consistent with the philosophies of Rotoflow®.
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 available day one of employment
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
- Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
- Health Savings Account
- Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Required Skills / Abilities
- 10–15 years turbomachinery or rotating machinery design experience,
- Deep understanding of design principles including FEA, rotordynamics, bearing and seal technologies, and design for manufacturability,
- Detail-oriented, goal oriented, organized, creative, self-motivated, collaborative and customer focused,
- Excellent analytical, creativity, problem solving, time management, and decision-making skills,
- Excellent interpersonal skills (written, verbal and presentation),
- Exemplify a passion for winning and ability to motivate teams,
- Ability to create an environment of trust and consistently exhibit a positive attitude.
Differentiating Skills / Abilities
- Advanced FEA capabilities a plus,
- Rotordynamic analysis capabilities a plus,
- Fluid film bearing, gas bearing, magnetic bearing, hydrostatic bearing and rolling element bearing applications and design experience a plus,
- Gas seal and labyrinth seal applications and design experience a plus,
- Design for manufacturability experience a plus,
- Turbine testing, data acquisition and data evaluation a plus,
- 2D CAD and 3D modeling and simulation a plus,
- Equipment startup and plant integration a plus,
- Programming skills: VB, C#, C++, Python, Matlab, Fortran or similar languages a plus.
Degree and Licensing Requirements
- Technical Degree: BS Mechanical Engineering (BSME) or related degree.
- Advanced degree and focus on turbomachinery design, rotordynamics, fluid film bearings, seals, design for manufacturability, and/or manufacturing processes a plus.
Working Conditions
- This position is based at our headquarters in Bethlehem, PA, or Houston, TX.
- Hybrid work schedule with 4 days in-office. Subject to change.
- Travel requirements: Minimal-under 10% for onsite customer support.
- Work environment: Indoors office setting at 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.
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.
Reimagine What’s Possible
Do you have a passion for solving complex engineering challenges and developing world-class turbomachinery solutions? Air Products is seeking a Sr Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Rotoflow® team in Bethlehem, PA or Houston, TX. In this role, you will apply your expertise in turbomachinery design, analysis, and project execution to support proprietary high-speed rotating equipment and machinery support systems used by customers around the world. If you thrive in a safety-focused environment and enjoy tackling challenging engineering problems, we invite you to grow with us as we build a more sustainable future.
Rotoflow®, an Air Products business, is a leading turbomachinery OEM providing new equipment, aftermarket services, and engineered solutions to customers worldwide. For more than 75 years, Rotoflow® has specialized in the design and manufacture of standard and custom-engineered cryogenic and warm gas centrifugal turbomachinery serving industries including industrial gases, petrochemicals, and hydrocarbons. Our products include compressor-loaded turbo-expanders, generator-loaded power recovery expanders, and low-cost dissipative expanders. In addition to new equipment, we provide upgrades, repairs, field services, engineering evaluations, reliability and troubleshooting support, training, remote diagnostics and monitoring, shop services, and replacement equipment for a wide variety of centrifugal and reciprocating machinery. Customers are supported globally through regional service centers backed by both regional and centralized execution teams.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Perform various turbomachinery design analyses including FEA (stress, deflection, and modal), hand calculations, and rotordynamics,
- Development of standardized product deliverables collaborating with Product Owners,
- Executing mechanical design tasks related to awarded projects and product development initiatives, support of aftermarket activities and engineering tasks,
- Communicate with vendors on technical solutions,
- Support root cause analyses (RCA) of equipment and field commissioning and startup activities executed by the Aftermarket Team,
- Drive engineering and material cost reductions and competitiveness across project and product offerings collaborating with stakeholders,
- Collaboration with customers to ensure proper design and integration of equipment into the process,
- Select components and materials for turbomachinery and systems,
- Perform safety and operability reviews,
- Collaborate with various subject areas to finalize equipment designs,
- Checking and approving manufacturing drawings,
- Support of bid estimate development,
- Collaborate with the Business Improvement Team to develop new and standardized design engineering tools and work processes for streamlining projects and product development,
- Challenge norms with alternate solutions rooted in engineering fundamentals,
- Promote safety and diversity consistent with the philosophies of Rotoflow®.
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 available day one of employment
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
- Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
- Health Savings Account
- Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Required Skills / Abilities
- 10–15 years turbomachinery or rotating machinery design experience,
- Deep understanding of design principles including FEA, rotordynamics, bearing and seal technologies, and design for manufacturability,
- Detail-oriented, goal oriented, organized, creative, self-motivated, collaborative and customer focused,
- Excellent analytical, creativity, problem solving, time management, and decision-making skills,
- Excellent interpersonal skills (written, verbal and presentation),
- Exemplify a passion for winning and ability to motivate teams,
- Ability to create an environment of trust and consistently exhibit a positive attitude.
Differentiating Skills / Abilities
- Advanced FEA capabilities a plus,
- Rotordynamic analysis capabilities a plus,
- Fluid film bearing, gas bearing, magnetic bearing, hydrostatic bearing and rolling element bearing applications and design experience a plus,
- Gas seal and labyrinth seal applications and design experience a plus,
- Design for manufacturability experience a plus,
- Turbine testing, data acquisition and data evaluation a plus,
- 2D CAD and 3D modeling and simulation a plus,
- Equipment startup and plant integration a plus,
- Programming skills: VB, C#, C++, Python, Matlab, Fortran or similar languages a plus.
Degree and Licensing Requirements
- Technical Degree: BS Mechanical Engineering (BSME) or related degree.
- Advanced degree and focus on turbomachinery design, rotordynamics, fluid film bearings, seals, design for manufacturability, and/or manufacturing processes a plus.
Working Conditions
- This position is based at our headquarters in Bethlehem, PA, or Houston, TX.
- Hybrid work schedule with 4 days in-office. Subject to change.
- Travel requirements: Minimal-under 10% for onsite customer support.
- Work environment: Indoors office setting at same site as testing lab and manufacturing floor.
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APTPSJOBS
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship in Principal
Match your credentials to TN categories
Principal roles most often qualify under the College and University Teachers category, but K-12 school leaders may need to frame duties around instruction rather than administration. Your transcript and license must reflect the specific educational field your position requires.
Target districts with international hiring history
Public school districts that have sponsored international teachers before are far more likely to understand TN visa sponsorship logistics for Principals. Ask HR directly whether they've filed TN documentation for school leadership roles, not just classroom teachers.
Get your provincial teaching license evaluated early
U.S. school districts require state licensure equivalency for Principal hires, and credential evaluation through an accredited agency can take four to six weeks. Start this process before you begin actively applying so delays don't stall an offer.
Clarify the offer letter before crossing the border
Canadian nationals applying at a port of entry need an offer letter that specifies your title, duties, degree requirements for the role, and employment start date. A vague letter citing only 'school administrator' is a common reason CBP requests more documentation.
Use Migrate Mate to find schools already sponsoring TN visas
Searching broadly wastes time on districts unfamiliar with TN requirements for Principal positions. Migrate Mate filters jobs by employers with recent visa filings, so your applications go to organizations already experienced with sponsoring work visas and prepared to navigate the TN process.
Prepare for annual renewal tied to your contract cycle
TN status is granted in three-year increments but is tied to your specific employer and role. If your contract renews annually, align your TN renewal documentation with that cycle and notify your district's HR department at least 60 days before expiration.
Principal TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal role qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
It depends on how your duties are defined. Principals at colleges and universities qualify clearly under the TN College and University Teachers category. K-12 Principals face more scrutiny because the role blends administration with instruction. Your offer letter needs to emphasize the instructional leadership and educational expertise components of the job, not just management responsibilities, for CBP or a consular officer to approve TN classification.
How does TN visa sponsorship compare to H-1B for Principal roles?
TN has meaningful advantages for this role. There's no annual lottery, no cap for Canadian citizens, and Canadians can receive approval at a port of entry on the day they apply. H-1B visa requires a lottery selection in spring, a months-long petition process, and employer-paid USCIS filing fees. For school districts hiring on an academic-year timeline, TN's speed and simplicity make it the practical first choice for qualified Canadian or Mexican Principals.
What documents does a school district need to sponsor a Principal on TN status?
The employer's core obligation is producing a detailed offer letter on company letterhead. It must state your title, a description of duties, the educational qualifications the role requires, your salary, and the employment period. The employer doesn't file a petition with USCIS for Canadian applicants, but districts should be prepared to provide supporting documentation about the school's accreditation and the role's degree requirements if CBP requests it.
Can I use Migrate Mate to find Principal jobs with TN visa sponsorship?
Yes. Migrate Mate is built specifically for Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking roles where employers are already prepared to support TN status. Rather than applying to districts that have never navigated TN documentation for school leadership roles, you can filter to organizations with relevant sponsorship experience, which reduces the back-and-forth that often delays or derails offers for Principal candidates.
Can a Mexican national get TN sponsorship for a Principal role, and how does the process differ from Canada?
Mexican nationals are eligible for TN status in qualifying Principal roles, but the process differs significantly. You must apply at a U.S. consulate in Mexico rather than at a port of entry, which requires scheduling an appointment and attending an in-person interview. Processing timelines vary by consulate location and time of year. The substantive TN qualification requirements are identical to those for Canadian applicants, but the procedural path is longer and requires earlier planning around your intended start date.