Hydraulic Design Engineer

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🕒 March 19

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $120k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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Natel Energy

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2009

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Manufacturing • Logistics

Natel Energy is a company that specializes in data-driven hydraulic design of FishSafe™ hydropower turbines, aimed at improving downstream fish passage. They conduct feasibility studies, scale model testing, and collaborate with turbine manufacturers to implement their innovative designs at various hydropower projects. Their patented FishSafe™ Restoration Hydro Turbine is designed to allow fish to pass through without harm, achieving high fish survival rates while maintaining efficiency and lowering operational costs for plant owners.

📋 Description

• Lead the modern hydro turbine industry with design and analysis techniques to produce competitive, efficient, fish-safe, and manufacturable turbine and hydropower facility designs and upgrades. • Utilize Siemens NX, STAR-CCM+, and other related tools as necessary for hydraulic turbine design, analysis, and optimization. • Apply existing design and analysis workflows as well as develop new and improved methods and automations. • Become an expert in Natel’s system and product design space. • Understand tradeoffs in hydraulic design performance, cost, and mechanical + operational implications; interpret and apply customer and site design requirements along with performance and fish survival models and test data; propose and deliver solutions (profiles, layouts, loads) and associated documentation. • Assess test data of sub- and full-scale systems to inform design approaches; design and participate in conducting performance tests. • Document and report analysis and test approaches and results in formats ranging from tabular data to figures to publication-worthy reports and presentations.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 3 years experience in related role(s) • A bachelor’s degree or higher in an applicable engineering discipline (mechanical, aerospace, etc) • Competence with advanced CAD surfacing and parametric modeling techniques (preferably in Siemens NX) • Competence in single and multiphase aerodynamic or hydrodynamic CFD meshing and analysis, preferably with complete turbomachinery or other rotating systems, preferably with STAR-CCM+ • Familiarity with data analysis and/or automation coding languages (eg. Python, Java) • A motivation to apply your skills and knowledge in a fast-paced R&D and production environment • An organized and data-driven approach to problem solving • Strong written and verbal communication skills: comfortable receiving as well as providing guidance and technical material from/to engineers, designers, technicians, and suppliers • Confidence in working independently to drive a project forward.

🏖️ Benefits

• 4 weeks of paid vacation • 2 weeks of paid sick leave • 401k matching • health insurance (along with dental, vision and life insurance)