Principal Mechanical Engineer

Website Air Products

Job Highlights

Title Principal Mechanical Engineer
Type Full Time
Experience 5 Years
Function Management/Manufacturing
Location Allentown, PA, United States
Company Air Products

Company Profile

Air Products is an industrial gas company with a focus on serving energy, the environment, and emerging markets. The company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment, and applications expertise to industries like refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Principal Mechanical Engineer who will be responsible for addressing complex mechanical design challenges while working in an innovative company at the forefront of the energy transition.

Collaborate with other engineers in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to advance Air Products’ technologies and competitiveness.

Education Level

  • BS, MS, or PhD in mechanical engineering
  • Broad mechanical engineering fundamentals

Work Experience

  • 5 years of experience in a mechanical engineering role in the chemical process industries or energy industry.
  • Experience in mechanical design work at fabrication shops, construction sites, and operating plants.
  • Experience working with prototype mechanical designs (either experimental or computational or both).

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Lead or support research programs to develop innovative designs of equipment and equipment internals.
  • Design and operate lab-scale process equipment to investigate issues such as distribution, fluid flow, heat transfer, and cyclical operation.
  • Perform stress/structural and failure analysis in support of research initiatives, capital projects, and operating plants.
  • Collaborate with vendors, universities, and test facilities to advance mechanical engineering capabilities.
  • May require up to 10% travel, including plant visits, conference travel, and manufacturing, and supplier visits.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

  • Ability to function well in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with gasification, ammonia production, CO­2 capture and sequestration, or hydrogen production.
  • Experience with mechanical engineering design codes
  • Knowledge of machining techniques, fabrication methods, and welding processes.
  • Experience with conducting finite element analysis (FEA) modeling.
  • Experience with nonmetallic materials design.
  • Experience with cryogenic materials performance and testing.
  • Experience with cyclical processes.

Benefits/Perks

  • The company offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacations, affordable medical, dental, life insurance, and retirement plans.

Employer’s Statement

Air Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants 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.

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