Senior Mechanical Engineer (Power Generation / Gas-to-Power)

Candid Intelligence is developing an AI layer for EPCs to enhance preconstruction engineering. They are seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer with experience in power generation and gas-to-power projects to perform hands-on engineering, ensure quality of automated outputs, and define project scopes.

Responsibilities:

• Do real mechanical engineering on our FEL-2 and early-phase delivery work, owning the parts our software can't handle yet so projects ship
• Be the quality gate on Candid's automated mechanical outputs: catch what's wrong before it reaches a client, and feed it back so the product gets sharper
• Define how equipment scope gets developed and validated through FEED on power and gas-to-power projects, and what 'good' looks like
• Review and validate mechanical content across equipment datasheets, vendor packages, and discipline handoffs
• Build repeatable checks that catch scope gaps and inconsistencies early
• Map where mechanical rework happens, why it happens, and what inputs drive it
• Clarify interface points with Process, Piping, I&C, and Electrical
• Separate the steps that are genuinely repetitive from the ones that need real engineering judgment
• Help define the checks, workflows, and product requirements that let software take on the repetitive parts, with engineers in control

Requirements:

• 7+ years at a large scale EPC, PMC, owner-operator, or OEM, with most of it on power generation or gas-to-power
• Direct experience on combined cycle, simple cycle, gas-to-power, LNG, or cogeneration projects (not refining or petrochem only)
• You've personally owned mechanical equipment datasheet development and vendor package review through FEED
• Strong on rotating and power-plant equipment: gas turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, pumps, compressors, fans, and balance of plant mechanical (cooling systems, fuel gas conditioning, water treatment)
• Hands-on with equipment specification to API and ASME (API 610, 611, 612, 617; ASME VIII; B31.1 power piping)
• Experience coordinating OEM turbine and major equipment packages (GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, or similar)
• You spot inconsistencies across datasheets, P&IDs, and vendor packages fast
• Clear understanding of cross-discipline dependencies
• You've felt boxed in by big-company process and you want out
• Comfortable with ambiguity and wearing multiple hats; bias to action over waiting for perfect
• Discipline lead or technical authority experience
• Work on data center or behind-the-meter power campuses
• Taking equipment from FEED into procurement and detailed engineering
• Packaged or modular systems and skid integration
• Real interest in AI and automation