Senior Prototyping Engineer

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

 

Job Title: Senior Prototyping Engineer

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

 

If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer within the eVinci Heat Pipe Engineering group. The selected candidate will support a variety of research and development activities for the eVinci Microreactor heat pipe development program at the new 51 Bridge Street facility in Pittsburgh, PA. 

Your Day-to-Day:

• Support leading, planning, sponsoring, executing test and development programs throughout all phases of the design process.
• Hands-on fabrication and assembly of prototype fixtures and equipment.
• Support heat pipe manufacturing and developing novel manufacturing processes and equipment
• Collaborate with design, analysis, testing, and manufacturing teams to identify design features which require substantiation through prototyping.
• Develop and implement design requirements, test plans, specifications, and procedures in accordance with quality assurance program requirements.
• Collaborate with materials teams in design of high temperature / corrosion compatible test articles and in analyzation of test articles utilizing specialized mechanical / material analyses.
• Actively coordinate with site environmental health and safety to design and implement safety protocols into experiments.
• Perform and execute prototyping and validation experiments in compliance with quality assurance and safety requirements.
• Technical writing, including development of technical reports.
• Ability to reduce and analyze large data sets using Matlab, DIAdem, or Mathcad.
• Design test articles and first of a kind prototypes utilizing standard engineering practices and finite element analysis.
• Research, design, and selection of equipment and instrumentation for test facility applications.
• Prepare detailed sketches, 3D models, and drawings using Auto Cad, Inventor, and/or Solidworks.
• Develop control and data acquisition systems for instruments and equipment using Labview or other PLC control systems
• Hands-on installation and troubleshooting of instrumentation and equipment controls.
• Integrate testing efforts with modeling and analysis efforts.
• Coordinating and communicating business needs with Supply Chain and Quality
• Develop and maintain effective business relationships with Westinghouse internal and external customers.

 

 

 Who You Are:
As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering (Master’s degree preferred).

• 5 years professional experience (2 years with Master’s)
• Prior experience working in a lab/testing environment (academic or industry lab).
• Prior experience and knowledge o