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ENGINEER - RESEARCH ENGINEER - Rotating Mechanical Designer
Southwest Research InstituteSan Antonio, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Aug 2026
Quick Overview
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior
Job Description
Who We Are:
The rotating machinery section develops novel turbomachinery, components, and test rigs to support a wide variety of clients.
Objectives of this Role:
Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Special Requirements:
Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas
For more information about this division, visit the Mechanical Engineering home page.
For benefits information at our San Antonio location, click here .
For benefits information at all other locations, click here .
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and veteran status.
The rotating machinery section develops novel turbomachinery, components, and test rigs to support a wide variety of clients.
Objectives of this Role:
- Designing, fabrication, assembly, and testing of custom compressors, pumps, and turbines for advanced power cycles that meet a complex set of requirements.
- Ensure that machinery casings and pressure containment are safe and meet applicable ASME boiler and pressure vessel codes.
- Design reliable shafting and rotating components that meet required rotordynamic, stress, and thermal design constraints.
- Design high temperature components with advanced cooling, thermal barrier systems, and creep life to survive design life requirements.
- Write reports and present technical data to clients and industry peers.
Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:
- Model machine designs in SolidWorks and developing detailed manufacturing drawings for fabrication and assembly.
- Analyze the mechanical performance of a machine design using applicable engineering principles and advanced analysis software such as ANSYS.
- Work with a team of engineers with a specialty in controls, thermal management, thermodynamics, and aerodynamics to ensure that the design meets is intended target.
- Present updates to clients on the status of the design to collaborate and determine whether there is a need to alter design requirements.
- Present papers at applicable conferences to disseminate knowledge to the public.
Requirements:
- Requires a Bachelors, Masters or a PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
- PhD with graduate experience in machinery design and analysis is highly desired.
- 0-5 years: Experience in machine design and analysis, must have an interest or academic experience in design and development of radial and axial turbomachinery
- Strong Communication skills, successfully in a team setting and ability to creatively solve problems as a team.
- Will need to operate tests outdoors, indoors, and in extreme environments at field sites.
- A valid/clear driver's license is required.
Special Requirements:
Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas
For more information about this division, visit the Mechanical Engineering home page.
For benefits information at our San Antonio location, click here .
For benefits information at all other locations, click here .
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and veteran status.
Skills
ANSYS
SAFe
SolidWorks
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