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Hydraulic Engineer

Flowserve Corporation
Bethlehem, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/26/2026
Company Overview:

If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!

Role Summary:

Hydraulic engineering involves the application of the principles of fluid dynamics to the design and testing of centrifugal pumps. The hydraulic engineer ensures that the hydraulic components of the product are per internal standards and the customer specifications. Quality standards shall be maintained at an optimum level as well as correct materials to ensure fluid properties are compatible and proper machining can be performed in the construction of the product. The hydraulic engineer prepares and directs the preparation of hydraulic design documents such as impeller and volute layouts, performance maps and design calculations, mechanical stage layouts, and procurement drawings. Individuals in this role will develop and maintain proficiency and competency in hydraulic design and analysis, including standard analytical computations, 2D mechanical drafting, 3D modeling, and computational fluid dynamics.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Drive a culture based on Flowserve’s values and behaviors: people, safety, integrity, innovation, ownership and excellence.
  • Ensure product safety and regulatory compliance through implementation of rigorous design control procedures and protocols.
  • Foster cooperation between departments with respect to the development of new designs and/or extension of existing product lines.
  • Design new and modified pump hydraulic designs for optimum performance, range, and compliance with customer specifications
  • Through adherence to engineering standards and processes, this engineer will perform and supervise computer-aided hydraulic design analysis using a variety of commercial and internally developed design tools
  • Review existing hydraulic designs and performances for applications and assist with selection and preliminary design for high profile projects.
  • Manages multiple projects involving complex designs, including oversight of support resources and seeking guidance from technical specialists

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • Knowledge and understanding of 2D and 3D drafting and modeling and CFD simulation experience.
  • Strong and effective interpersonal skills
  • Good organizational skills and ability to independently manage multiple and conflicting priorities.
  • Accountability and execution for completing work timely
  • Ability to work in a team oriented environment
  • Knowledge of mechanical design including fluid dynamics, mechanics of materials, drawing and machining practices, and modern manufacturing techniques
  • Willingness to travel up to 15%.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

  • 5 years of engineering experience with hydraulic design related to turbomachinery with experience of large centrifugal pumps for the power, desalination, Oil and Gas, and/or chemical industries.
  • 10 years total industry experience
  • Preferred experience in production environment including familiarity with drawing interpretation, GD&T, and component inspection processes.

Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000 employees in 50 countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000 customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Req ID : R-16502

Job Family Group : Engineering

Job Family : EN Engineering

EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access flowservecareers.com as result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to employment@flowserve.com. In order to quickly respond to your request, please use the words "Accommodation Request" as your subject line of your email. For more information, read the Accessibility Process.

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