Mechanical Integrity Engineer (FEA)

Location: Hybrid (remote/office), United States; locations referenced include Olean, New York, and Houston, Texas. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Base salary for a position based in New York: $89,600–$128,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops energy technologies and supports industrial decarbonization, electrification, efficiency, and sustainable energy processes.

What you will do

• Evaluate the structural integrity and mechanical behavior of compressor and package components under static and dynamic loads.
• Support new-unit and service projects by assessing component and assembly suitability against industry specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Use finite element methods for stress, displacement, transient-load, modal, and harmonic-response analyses.
• Support field issues, failure-related engineering activities, quality improvements, cost reduction, product engineering, manufacturing, and sales.
• Collaborate with multifunctional project teams, provide design recommendations, and improve standard analysis processes and tools.
• Provide technical guidance to less-experienced engineers and take ownership of assigned engineering tasks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 5+ years of Finite Element Analysis experience; candidates with more experience may be considered for a more senior level.
• Strong proficiency with Ansys Workbench, including geometry preparation, meshing, model setup, post-processing, shell meshing, midsurface extraction, cyclic symmetry, axisymmetric analysis, and contact formulations.
• Experience with linear and nonlinear structural analysis, static and dynamic analysis, fatigue assessment, thermal analysis, and engineering hand calculations.
• Strong fundamentals in strength of materials, heat transfer, vibration, structural mechanics, and fatigue.
• Experience analyzing stress and vibration in high-speed turbomachine rotor parts, shrink-fit components, and casings.
• Practical Siemens NX experience, including defeaturing and modifying 3D geometry for efficient and reliable FEA model preparation.
• Experience automating and integrating engineering workflows involving Ansys Workbench and Siemens NX using MATLAB, Excel, and Python.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with field failure investigations and turbomachinery.
• Knowledge of API, ASME, and DIN EN codes related to centrifugal compressors.
• Experience with experimental modal analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid remote/office work in a multinational and collaborative engineering group.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Company-paid health and wellness benefits.
• Paid time off and holidays, parental leave, and family-building benefits.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.