Fluid Power Engineer

Position Summary

Applies knowledge of engineering principles to design products used on maintenance of way equipment for the railroad industry.
Solid knowledge and understanding of fundamental and advanced Fluid power principles and ability to
apply knowledge in the design of complex hydraulic/pneumatic circuits in an OEM environment.
Complete fluid power systems experience with all levels of hydraulic/pneumatic components from
pumps, motors, valves to actuators.
Significant experience in mobile/construction equipment hydraulic/pneumatic system design, and
development.
Study, research and analyze customer specifications, manuals and other data to assist in creating machine work orders.
Compiles and analyzes operational, test, and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified equipment or product.
Plans, schedules and coordinates the preparation of hydraulic/pneumatic projects to meet deadlines.
Sizing and selecting hydraulic and pneumatic components and provide specifications to
Planning/Purchasing department.
 
Uses EPLAN Fluid for the automated design and documentation of circuits in fluid power installations in
hydraulics, pneumatics, cooling and lubrication complying with current standards such as ISO 1219.
Ability to systematically solve hydraulic/pneumatic related problems and perform root cause analysis.
Supervise the detailed design and drafting of the hydraulic/pneumatic components and installation drawings with cad designers.
Keeps informed of new methods and practices in system designs and components.
Plans and develops experimental test programs.
Analyzes test data and reports to determine if design meets functional and performance specifications.
May require some traveling to customer job site to evaluate problems and report back to management with findings.
Strong leadership and project management skills and self-starter.
Good organizational skills, and ability to independently manage multiple and conflicting priorities.
Ability to interact with various department and provide support to product line, purchasing,
production, technical support and sales support.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Education:
• As a minimum require a Bachelors Degree in an engineering field with at least 2-5 years of experience in the field of mobile hydraulic design. Experience to consist of relevant product design or development of hydraulic components or motion control systems.
• Certified fluid power hydraulic specialist (CFHPS), NFPA (National Fluid Power Association) or other fluid power organizations certificate is preferred.
• In addition to having the technical qualifications, a fluid power engineer must be a good team player with strong communication and problem-solving skills. The individual must be able to think practically and authoritatively, able to accommodate the company's deadlines, budget, and other resources to make informed decisions for their projects.
  Knowledge: Incumbent must have proficient knowledge in the following areas:
• Knowledge of Engineering.
  Skills: Incumbent must demonstrate or participate in internal/external training programs to obtain the following
  skills:
  
• Knowledge of the current ISO and ANSI (Y14) standards.
• Working knowledge of the metric system and geometric dimensioning and tolerance.
• Familiar with weldments, and machining operation.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• EIT certification will be considered as a PLUS.
• Motivated and self-starter with the ability to work under deadlines.
• Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as Calculus and modern Algebra.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and
  deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• AREMA, AAR, S.A.E. membership helpful but not required.
 

Working Conditions

The unavoidable, externally imposed conditions under which the work must be performed and which create hardship for the incumbent including the frequency and duration of occurrence of physical demands, environmental conditions, demands on one’s senses and metal demands.

Physical Demands:
(The nature of physical effort leading to physical fatigue)
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions:
(The nature of adverse environmental conditions affecting the incumbent)
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The
employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and fumes or airborne particles.

Sensory Demands:
(The nature of demands on the incumbent’s senses)
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Mental Demands:
(Conditions that may lead to mental or emotional fatigue)
There are a number of deadlines associated with this position, which may cause stress. The incumbent must also deal with a wide variety of people on various issues.