Mechanical Engineer IV (Mechanical Seals)

Location: Morton Grove, Illinois, United States; on-site support for testing in Morton Grove is required

Salary: USD 115,398–144,247 per year

Company

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, develops mission-critical flow control solutions, including mechanical seals, sealing systems, couplings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies for energy and process industries.

What you will do

• Research, develop, and evaluate gas seal, wet seal, and sealing system technologies for current and future market needs.
• Design seal components, assemblies, prototypes, and related technologies for performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost competitiveness.
• Apply mechanical engineering principles to rotating equipment, sealing systems, and component interactions.
• Create and maintain engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, design records, test reports, and technical documentation.
• Perform FEA and other analyses, develop and execute verification and validation plans, and conduct laboratory and rig testing.
• Correlate analytical predictions with test results, investigate failures, improve designs, and collaborate with Product Management, Manufacturing, Materials, and Test Engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred; Chemical Engineering may be considered for a mechanically oriented candidate. A master’s degree is acceptable.
• At least 5 years of relevant engineering experience, including relevant R&D, field, refinery, petrochemical, or reliability experience supported by actual troubleshooting.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and application of engineering fundamentals, with experience interpreting FEA results.
• Hands-on experience leading, developing, and executing engineering test plans and validation protocols; ability to support testing on site in Morton Grove.
• Experience with mechanical drawings, GD&T, engineering specifications, FEA model development, result interpretation, and validation.
• Knowledge of structured troubleshooting and root-cause analysis methodologies.
• Ability to correlate analytical predictions with physical test results and drive design improvements from data.
• Strong technical documentation, communication, project management, and project execution skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with competitive compensation and benefits.
• Global, diverse organization with employee resource groups supporting Veterans, Pride, Black employees, Women@Work, and Neurodiversity.
• Recognition through the annual Smiths Excellence Awards and Smiths Day celebration.
• Inclusive workplace committed to equality, ethics, and equal consideration for qualified applicants.
• Smiths Group and its recruitment partners do not request payment during the hiring process.

Hiring process

• Apply directly through the Smiths Group careers website; no payment is required for interviews or testing.