Senior Design Engineer

🚨 We're Hiring: Senior Design Engineer

📍 Location: Crawfordsville, IN

💼 Full-Time Opportunity

💰 Salary: Open (DOE)

🏢 Industry: Industrial Engineering / Fluid Power Systems

We are seeking a Senior Design Engineer to provide technical leadership and ownership for the design, development, and sustainment of complex mechanical products and systems, with a primary focus on centrifugal pump applications.

This role requires strong expertise in fluid power systems, hydraulic performance, mechanical design, and product development while leading high-impact engineering initiatives from concept through production.

🔹 Key Responsibilities:

✅ Lead complex product and system design from concept through production launch with a focus on centrifugal pumps

✅ Define technical strategy, product architecture, and performance requirements for fluid power systems

✅ Apply advanced fluid dynamics and hydraulic analysis to evaluate pump performance, efficiency, NPSH, bearing life, axial thrust, and system curves

✅ Evaluate pump and motor interactions within hydraulic systems to ensure performance and reliability

✅ Lead design reviews and approve critical technical decisions

✅ Drive NPD and VAVE initiatives with measurable business impact

✅ Define testing strategies and oversee validation and qualification activities

✅ Apply advanced GD&T, tolerance analysis, and design verification methods

✅ Approve engineering designs, drawings, and ECNs

✅ Resolve complex manufacturing, supplier, and field issues through advanced root cause analysis

✅ Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership in design best practices

🔹 Required Qualifications:

✅ Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology

✅ 7 years of relevant engineering experience

✅ 5 years of experience with centrifugal pumps and hydraulic systems

✅ Strong understanding of hydraulic motors, fluid power systems, and mechanical operation

✅ Experience with FEA and FMEA methodologies

✅ Advanced knowledge of GD&T, tolerance analysis, and design verification

✅ Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, and project management skills

✅ Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor (Expert Level) and engineering analysis tools

⭐ Preferred Background:

• Industrial pump manufacturing

• Fluid handling equipment

• Hydraulic systems and rotating equipment

• Mechanical product development environments

📩 Interested candidates? Please share your updated resume for consideration.

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