Company description: Dover Precision Components deliver performance-critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical, and general processing markets. Comprising Waukesha Bearings, Bearings Plus, InproSeal and Cook Compression brands, our portfolio includes hydrodynamic bearings, active magnetic bearings, system and bearing protection, and reciprocating compressor valves, sealing technologies, pistons, rods and more. Each solution is custom engineered to provide optimum efficiency, reliability, and productivity, and backed by comprehensive aftermarket services. Dover Precision Components serves its global customer base through facilities in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as technical sales representatives around the world.
Job description: We are now hiring for a Mechanical Systems Engineer. In this role you will be undertaking the design and analysis of Active Magnetic Bearings and auxiliary bearing systems, creating the technical content for sales proposals and supporting the commissioning of new and existing magnetic bearing systems.
You will serve as the technical project lead, interacting with customers and supporting commissioning engineers in the tuning of new systems and the troubleshooting of existing systems.
Note: This role will be part of the team located in Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 9LA and is available on a Hybrid working basis.
What You Will Do
Complete rotordynamic and control system analysis on magnetic bearing systems.
Support mechanical and electromagnetic design processes, including stress analysis, heat transfer analysis, and electromagnetic analysis.
Use knowledge of SolidWorks and SW Simulator to perform FEA analysis and support checking of drawings.
Provide interface between rotordynamic and control system design and analyses and the implementation into actual controllers and tuning/commissioning activities.
Provide effective technical interface with our external and internal customers.
Provide interface to internal manufacturing department for satisfactory implementation of bearing system designs.
Must be willing to travel occasionally in support of projects (travel up to 10%), as required.
Required profile: Education: Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field.
Experience: A minimum of 5 years of full-time relevant work experience involving the design and analysis of turbomachinery or rotating equipment, ideally with magnetic bearing systems.
Technical Knowledge: A strong understanding of mechanical design, GD&T standards, stress analysis, heat transfer analysis, materials science and rotordynamics.
Further knowledge of electromagnetics, electronics, instrumentation, signal processing, and control systems would also be beneficial.
Software: Established working knowledge of 3D CAD software, ideally SolidWorks, and FEA software.
Drawing Review: Experience with reviewing detailed mechanical drawings and specifying dimensioning and tolerancing for mechanical drawings
What we offer: Employees who come to Dover Corporation have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions for our customers around the world that help the clean energy transition, reduce waste, and enable the circular economysee our Innovation for Sustainable Products page for more information. This global reach affords our employees opportunities to have an impact on critical global challenges and grow their skill sets in innovation, as well as product and solution delivery.
As part of our talent attraction strategy, we partner with universities to support internship programs and pursue academic collaborations. Collaboration with students and interns complements the expertise of our workforce and helps us identify early career talent. We aim to attract not just early talent but also talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences and entrepreneurial skills. Our operating company outreach efforts have been fundamental to helping Dover attract such talent. For more information on our work toward an inclusive workforce, please see our Inclusion and Engagement webpage.
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