Senior Pressure Vessel Engineer

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.  

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.  

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What you will do

Johnson Controls is hiring! The Senior Pressure Vessel Engineer provides mechanical engineering and structural analysis support on commercial and industrial HVAC products, primarily water and air-cooled chillers, including screw compressor and centrifugal compressor-based platforms. You will provide engineering support for product development, warranty, sales and pressure vessel manufacturing and also conduct ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and other related design calculations. You will have the opportunity to support several cross functional product development teams.

This position is based at our Advanced Engineering and Development Center in New Freedom, PA. While we prefer candidates who are located in or near the area, we are open to considering remote candidates for the right individual.

How you will do it

Provide analysis for optimizing designs for chiller components including pressure vessels
Provide analysis support for ASME pressure vessel certification of JCI products
Provide analysis support for Canadian Pressure Vessel Registration (CRN)
Develop field modification procedures for pressure vessels
Plan, schedule, coordinate bi-yearly updates to ASME pressure vessel calculations
Review patents and papers to understand the limits of technology and IP in the industry
Provide root-cause analysis relating to warranty/service cases
Provide technical leadership, mentorship and training to developing engineers 

What you will need

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

5+ years of experience in ASME pressure vessel or heat exchanger design

Understanding of applicable pressure vessel design and test standards, including those of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), The Canadian Standards Organization (CSA), The European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED), American Petroleum Institute (API), Tubular Exchanger Manufactures Association (TEMA)

Familiarity with other applicable codes and standards, such as: ASHRAE-15, ASCE-7, ASME B31, ASME PCC, NBIC, UL 207, UL 60335-2-40 

Experienced in the use of finite element analysis (FEA), particularly ANSYS Mechanical or equivalent

Knowledgeable in pressure vessel manufacturing and testing practices

Able to travel up to 10%

Preferred

Professional Engineer’s license

HVAC industry experience

Master's degree in an engineering related discipline

Experience with FEA tools for application to stress analysis

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $100,000 - 140,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

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