Key skills
Mechanical engineering degreeASME BPVC Section IIIEquipment/component designDesign for ManufacturabilityDesign for AssemblyFinite element stress analysisANSYSAnalytical/problem solvingCAD familiaritySolidWorkswriting skillsCommunication skillsCreative thinkerTeamworkAssemblyMentoringCommunicationProblem Solving
About this role
Averro is a Veteran-Owned organization dedicated to delivering innovative talent solutions, business consulting, and technology services. They are seeking a highly motivated Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer to create design solutions for various reactor structures and components for the next generation reactor.
Responsibilities:
- Design of reactor structures and components from requirements through final design
- Coordinate inputs and requirements from Engineering and Project teams to produce equipment and components design solutions
- Perform scoping analysis and calculations for design options
- Interface with the team’s engineering analysis activities
- Technically manage supplier activities
- Present equipment and components design results for design reviews
- Assess technical merit of solutions provided by team members, including leading design reviews
- Interface with junior engineers and subcontractors, providing direction and mentoring
- Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities
Requirements:
- Education: B.S. degree in Mechanical engineering or equivalent preferred
- Minimum of eight years of equipment / component design experience; relevant M.S. degree credited as two years of experience
- Working experience with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III
- Experience writing design specifications
- Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA)
- Experience in finite element stress analysis, mechanical analysis methods, and commercial mechanical stress analysis modeling tools with emphasis on ANSYS
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Strong analytical/problem solving skills, creative thinker
- Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems
- Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week
- Familiarity with CAD, SolidWorks preferred
- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork