Staff Pipe Stress Engineer

Summary

Join Electric Hydrogen's product engineering team as a Staff Pipe Stress/Vessel Engineer and play a key role in developing renewable hydrogen product plants at an industrial scale. Design next-generation hydrogen plants, taking your designs from prototype and pilot scale testing into implementation in product-scale customer plants. Collaborate with the process, structural, and mechanical design engineering team to manage design requirements, improve scope interfaces, and produce piping designs that lower the cost of electrolytically generated hydrogen. Based in San Jose, CA, this hybrid role reports to the Director of Mechanical Design Engineering, Fluid Systems. You will leverage your expertise to contribute to the company's mission of decarbonizing the world through renewable hydrogen production. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
• Minimum of 12+ years of experience in pipe stress engineering
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain within 6 months
• Experience with ASME piping codes, ASME Sec VIII Div 1,DIV 2, ASTM piping standards, structural codes, and building and fire codes
• Expert level knowledge of Caesar II, B31.3, Nozzle Pro and allowable nozzle loads
• Hands-on knowledge designing pressure vessels per ASME Sec VIII Div 1
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, and Bluebeam
• Prior experience with hydrogen service piping
• Experience with slug flow , water hammer, flange leakage check and other dynamic analysis using CAESAR II

Responsibilities

• Analysis and computational pipe stress analysis on multiple piping systems in Caesar II (preferred) for hydrogen service
• Markup piping diagrams and isometrics to give feedback to piping and structural designers
• Specify guide, anchor, and support types, including identifying alternate materials or suppliers if lead times are longer then a project schedule allows
• Review design work performed by others on the Process Design Team, including 3D design work in Revit/plant3D/CADWORX, to ensure every design maintains excellent quality and that pipe stress analysis results and requirements are incorporated
• Produce bills of material for supports, guides, anchors, stops, flex joints, expansion joints, etc. for procurement
• Perform Pressure vessel design using ASME Sec VIII, Div 1 and Div 2
• Perform Finite Element Analysis of critical vessel junctions using FE Pipe /Nozzle Pro
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert on pipe stress and pipe support design including ASME and ASTM codes
• Review and approve final design documents for piping systems, including isometrics, shop drawings, material submittals, pipe support designs, etc
• Participate in onsite construction and commissioning activities by serving as the point of contact for technical questions and real-time issue resolution

Benefits

• An equity grant
• Time off programs
• A $75/month cell phone allowance
• A 4% employer 401(k) match
• 100% fully paid premiums for employees and their families: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term & long-term disability coverage
• A discretionary bonus