Position: Hydraulic Engineer

Salary: $100K to $120K plus bonus and full benefits
 
Location: Seneca Falls, NY will consider relocation
 
Hours: 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday
 
Education: B.S in engineering is required 
 
Experience: 12+ years of experience 
 
Summary: The Senior Hydraulic Design Engineer will lead and manage the development of new pump hydraulic designs for customer orders from customer request for quotation through design and testing. This will include completion of both hydraulic and some mechanical design elements.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads the development of new hydraulics for customer orders and development projects with up to $2M in budget and annual sales revenues up to $10M.
• Leads the development and advancement of the company hydraulic design techniques including CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) tools.
• Review results of pump performance tests and discuss results with customers and leads the resolution of challenging problems.
• Assist in new product development projects.
• Provide technical support the sales team during critical sales efforts.
• Represent the business at trade shows and industry organizations.
• Leads or assists in the resolution of challenging customer field problems
• Conduct hydraulic component design, analysis, and problem resolution using empirical design tools, CFD simulation and/or testing.
• Develop  tools and methods to improve hydraulic design and analysis techniques, their accuracy and their productivity
• Create technical reports for internal and external (customer) circulation in support of project, LOD, internal testing or field testing
• Design and conduct laboratory and field experiments on actual equipment as part of a development project, LOD or problem resolution.

Education: B.S. Engineering, M.S. preferred
 
Experience:  
12+ years of experience of experience in the design of pumps including hydraulic design for candidates with a B.S. For candidates with an M.S. or higher degree, less experience may be accepted.
 
Skills/knowledge:

• Experience with pump testing, interpreting results and problem solving.
• Field experience with solving site hydraulic problems.
• Experience in designing hydraulic centrifugal pump components.
• Heavy duty industrial pump hydraulic and mechanical design expertise.
• Working knowledge of CFD including the ability to apply it in the design and evaluation of turbomachinery hydraulics.
• Project management skills.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of foundry, machining and fabrication processes.
• Knowledge of industry standards including API, ANSI, ISO, HI, etc.
• Creativity (i.e. ' ability to approach projects in non-traditional fashion).
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Ability to identify barriers to success and find solutions working across and up the organization.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Experience with HI and API 610 requirements is desirable.