Pressure Vessel Design Engineer - ASME Section VIII Honey Brook, PA $110,000-$120,000 per year Full-Time | On-Site Achilles is recruiting a Pressure Vessel Design Engineer for a manufacturer that designs and fabricates custom ASME Section VIII pressure vessels and industrial process equipment. This is a hands-on mechanical engineering role covering pressure-vessel design, code calculations, detailed drawings, technical documentation, manufacturing support, and customer interaction. Direct ASME pressure-vessel experience is highly valuable, but we are also open to a strong engineer from an adjacent field such as process equipment, heat exchangers, piping, reactors, structural equipment, or similar engineered systems who wants to develop deeper expertise in code-vessel design. What You'll Do Design pressure vessels and related components to ASME Section VIII requirements Perform and document engineering calculations for shells, heads, nozzles, flanges, supports, and external-pressure conditions Develop complete vessel designs and fabrication drawing packages Review customer purchase orders, specifications, drawings, and technical requirements Select appropriate materials for code construction Create bills of material and specifications for purchased components Maintain calculation and code-documentation packages Support Authorized Inspector reviews and code documentation Work with manufacturing, welding, quality, NDE, testing, purchasing, project management, and sales Support hydrostatic and pneumatic testing requirements Resolve technical questions during fabrication Communicate directly with customers on vessel design and code-related requirements Participate in design reviews and help improve engineering standards What We're Looking For 3+ years of progressive mechanical design engineering experience Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent 3+ years using SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD, or similar CAD software to produce fabrication drawings Strong mechanical-design fundamentals Experience creating engineering calculations and detailed technical documentation Ability to take ownership of technically complex engineered equipment Experience in one or more of the following is highly valuable: ASME Section VIII pressure-vessel design Shell, head, nozzle, or flange calculations Carbon steel, stainless steel, or nickel-alloy construction Reactors, columns, heat exchangers, or process equipment Jacketed vessels Compress PV Elite NozzlePRO Other Codeware tools You do not need to already be an expert in every item above. A strong mechanical engineer with relevant adjacent-equipment experience can be trained on ASME Section VIII and Compress. Experience with welding symbols, GD&T, EIT certification, or a PE license is a plus. This position is based on-site in Honey Brook, PA .

Pay:

$110,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Health insurance Paid time off

Work Location:

In person