Product Design Engineer

Patterson has built a trusted reputation for reliable pump installations worldwide - whether satisfying urban water or waste demands, harnessing and controlling ravaging floods, reclaiming arid deserts, taming rampaging and devastating fires, or protecting the planet's ecological balance, our pumps are trusted.

Around the globe, wherever liquid moves, in large volume or high pressure, you will find Patterson heavy‑duty pumps and packaged systems. The world looks to Patterson to enhance safety and comfort in HVAC and fire suppression technology, exceeding pumping demands in water supply, irrigation, flood prevention, and wastewater treatment, make industrial solutions into liquid transfers, and fulfill heating or cooling needs to each of our clients.

Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and applying rotodynamic pumps and ancillary equipment. Support others in the manufacturing, testing, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of same.

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports.
• Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products using drafting tools or computer‑assisted design (CAD) and finite element (FEA) software.
• Research, design, evaluate mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
• Understand and apply engineering fundamentals such as strength of materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, dynamics, and machine design to the development of pumps and pumping systems.
• Experience and/or understanding of electronic sensors (pressure, flowrate, speed, kilowatt meters) use and electronic data acquisition systems in laboratory or industrial environments.
• Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
• Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
• Conduct research that tests or analyzes the feasibility, design, operation, or performance of equipment, components, or systems.
• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations.
• Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
• Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, or other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, or maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
• Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
• Establish or coordinate the maintenance or safety procedures, service schedule, or supply of materials required to maintain machines or equipment in the prescribed condition.
• Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
• Design integrated mechanical or alternative systems, to improve energy efficiency.
• Investigate and disposition issues related to manufacturing and purchase parts non‑conformance.
• Prepare documents including, but not limited to, project design data, operation & maintenance manuals, training manuals, etc., required for submittal and customer approval.
• Perform project design reviews in order to ensure projects are constructed according to customer specifications.
• Support others in troubleshooting, documenting, and correcting shop problems.
• Support others in installation, operation, maintenance, or repair to ensure that machines or equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
• Support others in problems associated with product assembly and test.
• Support sales to solicit new business.
• Support industrial engineering to determine where and how application of equipment can be made.
• Design test control apparatus or equipment or develop procedures for testing products.
• Aid in personnel…