Field Engineer (Gas/Steam Turbines)
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Brownsville, TX, USA
In Person
Mechanical EngineeringDesign Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- At least 2 years of experience with utility-scale rotating equipment, including gas turbines, steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators, or large industrial compressors or pumps.
- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends when needed based on site operational needs; flexibility is required.
- Willingness to travel to job sites during construction, commissioning, and critical operational events.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Responsibilities
- Develop technical specifications for gas turbines, steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators, and associated auxiliaries, including lube oil systems, gas fuel skids, and selective catalytic reduction/carbon monoxide catalyst systems.
- Lead technical evaluation of original equipment manufacturer proposals and drive equipment selection recommendations.
- Own mechanical interface management between major equipment packages, including turbines, generators, heat recovery steam generators, condensers, and balance-of-plant systems.
- Review and approve original equipment manufacturer drawings, general arrangement layouts, and piping and instrumentation diagrams for technical compliance and constructibility.
- Support foundation and structural design coordination with civil and structural engineering, including dynamic loading and vibration criteria.
- Work with engineering, procurement, and construction contractors and original equipment manufacturers to resolve technical interface issues, including piping stress, thermal expansion, casing supports, and lube oil routing, before they reach the field.
- Participate in factory acceptance testing at original equipment manufacturer facilities.
- Support on-site commissioning and startup activities, including mechanical checkout, alignment verification, and vibration baseline testing.
- Develop the technical basis for spare parts strategy and critical rotating equipment spares.
- Travel to original equipment manufacturer factories, fabrication shops, and the construction site as needed.
Desired Qualifications
- Working knowledge of rotating equipment fundamentals, including rotor dynamics, bearing design, lube oil systems, thermal expansion, and alignment.
- Experience with mechanical specification development and technical bid evaluation for major equipment packages.
- Direct experience with F-class or H-class gas turbines, including GE 7/9FA/HA, Siemens SGT6/8, Mitsubishi M501/701, or Doosan H-class models.
- Experience with heat recovery steam generator design review, including drum internals, superheater/reheater arrangement, and selective catalytic reduction integration.
- Familiarity with API 611/612/616/617 standards for rotating equipment.
- Experience with vibration analysis, rotor dynamics software, or finite element analysis for rotating machinery.
- Factory acceptance test experience at an original equipment manufacturer turbine or generator facility.
- Field commissioning experience, including alignment, mechanical run tests, and vibration baselining.
- Comfort working directly with original equipment manufacturer engineering teams to resolve technical disputes under schedule pressure.
- Experience using SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX, or similar computer-aided design software.
- Knowledge of engineering standards and best practices, including ASME B31.3, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII, and AFSPCMAN 91-710.
About the company
SpaceX builds and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft for NASA, the military, and companies, and it runs Starlink, a satellite internet service for homes and businesses. In 2020, its Dragon capsule became the first privately built spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Falcon 9 rocket lands its first stage so the booster can fly again, which cuts launch costs, while Starlink beams internet from low-orbit satellites to small dishes for a monthly fee. SpaceX also owns xAI, maker of the Grok chatbot and owner of the social network X, and is building Starship, a fully reusable rocket meant to carry people to the Moon and Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it is based in Starbase, Texas.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Starbase, Texas
Founded
2002
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