Principle Engineer

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

The Principal Engineer is the senior technical voice and go-to engineer for the autoclave product line. It's an individual-contributor role that sets the technical tone for a small group of mechanical and controls peers through expertise and example, spanning both new product development and ongoing maintenance. We're open to a strong engineer earlier in their career looking for a growth path into technical leadership.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as the senior technical voice set the bar for design quality and help mechanical and controls peers solve hard problems.
• Own the deepest technical knowledge of the autoclave platform; be the go-to engineer for design questions across both disciplines.
• Drive product development from concept through release, coordinating with mechanical and controls peers on design, prototyping, and validation.
• Champion lifecycle improvement own ECRs, root-cause field issues, and improve cost, reliability, and manufacturability of existing designs.
• Lead design reviews and mentor less-experienced engineers through pairing and coaching.
• Maintain the ASME Section VIII calculation set; perform, check, and technically review peers' calculations.
• Partner with Sales, PM, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing, Testing, and Installation, and serve as the primary technical contact with customer engineering.
• Uphold configuration management and design control standards; manage engineering budget and schedule on owned projects.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives design standards, reusable building blocks, tooling, and processes that make the whole team faster and more consistent.

Required Skills:

• 8 years of machine or product design experience, including several of: steam component selection; autoclaves or high-temperature/high-pressure vessels; pneumatic actuator design; stress/failure calculations; sensor selection; P&ID creation.
  
• Comfortable as a senior technical voice leading peers through expertise and example.

  Working understanding of controls engineering for autoclave systems (PLC/HMI, instrumentation, control valves, I/O) enough to integrate mechanical and controls design.

• 3 years of SolidWorks (AutoCAD a plus); fluent in calculation packages and detailed drawings.

• Track record of creating and upholding design standards across a product line.

• Gives and receives design feedback constructively, peer to peer.
  

Willing to Train the Right Candidate:

• Solidworks PDM

• cGMP validation, design and documentation protocols

• AWS Welding Symbols and GD&T
• Deeper controls/PLC exposure for mechanical-background engineers
• Active PA PE License (machine design) is a plus
  

EDUCATIONAL/PHSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent (Electrical/Controls Engineering considered with strong mechanical product experience).

• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the job with or without accommodation