Principal Design Engineer

Westinghouse Electric Company is a leader in the nuclear energy industry, dedicated to providing clean energy solutions. The Principal Design Engineer will oversee the development and analysis of complex technical products, focusing on custom field welding and machining tooling systems, while collaborating with various teams to troubleshoot and resolve equipment issues.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare 3D models of tooling designs and systems using Autodesk Inventor, including detailed drawings
• Perform calculations to determine validity of design (strength of materials, mechanics, machine design)
• Tooling system qualification and proof of concept testing
• Ensure the manufacturing, testing, and service operations are receiving technical support
• Support Manufacturing operations with disposition of technical issues which occur during manufacturing
• Support Assembly operations with system assembly and bench tests
• Conduct qualification testing and prepare data
• Trouble-shoot operations and equipment assembly
• Support field deployment of self-designed systems and legacy systems

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in mechanical design
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Understand and application of part tolerancing for assembly and use of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Vault or equivalent software
• Experience with FEA software such as Ansys or equivalent
• M.S. Degree in Engineering discipline or M.B.A