Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

General information:

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer for its South Boston, VA location. This role is responsible to Create, modify and analyze the design of equipment, systems or installations, including specifications for manufacturing, fabrication or construction on assignments of medium to high complexity using established solutions.

Responsibilities:

Creation of customized designs with high priority on safety design aspects and identification and control of hazards. Contributes to design reviews and verification following established QA/QC process, provides feedback on design aspects and makes necessary modifications. Optimizes designs to meet updated standards, incorporating new products, components and functionalities. Creates or reviews engineering drawings, specifications and plans required by manufacturing, fabrication or construction. Defines focus areas/priorities for design to ensure technological excellence connected with other disciplines. Supports continuous improvement in design area. Design, analyze, and evaluate systems, products or components, requiring a high degree of technical expertise. Design and develop complex models or simulations and apply advanced computer programs, analytical techniques or control strategies to effectively meet requirements and resolve problems. Conduct economic studies and prepare or lead the preparation of specifications, proposals for contracts, licensing and safety documents, and obtain required approvals. Works with the customer to shape and deliver design solutions, seeks feedback from customer to drive and deliver improvement. Establishes and maintains relations with key customer to understand customer's technical issues/ requirements

Your background:

Master's degree in Mechanical engineering or related field plus 3 years of experience in transformer design or bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience in transformer design or an associate's degree with 8 years of experience in transformer design; Alternatively, a special combination of education and experience and/or demonstrated accomplishments. Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.