Senior Water Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $110-130k / year

Are you a passionate Senior Water Engineer with a flair for designing innovative water systems and analyzing water treatment solutions?

Ideal Living is a fast-growing Los Angeles water treatment product development and marketing firm seeking a motivated Water Engineer.

Your new role

We value fresh ideas and encourage you to bring your unique perspective to the table. Unlock your full potential through hands-on experience and mentorship.

We need an enthusiastic engineer eager to tackle a wide range of projects. If you're hungry for knowledge and ready to make a difference, we want you on our team.

You’ll work alongside a diverse team of talented engineers in our Sherman Oaks office and our offices in China and India, each bringing their unique expertise to the table.

You'll design and develop products that directly impact people’s lives.

What You'll Do

As a Sr. Water Engineer, you can unleash your potential and take on exciting projects that will expand your skills. We reward hard work and dedication, encouraging you

to pursue professional growth opportunities. You will also :

• Lead the NPI water team to develop new product for both the residential and B2B water treatment market
• Apply standard practices and techniques in specific situations, adjust and correlate data, recognize discrepancies in results, and follow standard office procedures through a series of related detailed steps or processes.
• Draft reports, prepare plans, assist with specifications, and make preliminary equipment

What you’ll get in return

A diverse project portfolio will allow you to work on innovative and impactful projects as you grow out this division and help shape it for tomorrow.

You will take the lead in crafting the success stories of our drinking water filtration product and report directly to the VP of product development.

We offer an exciting and engaging work environment that brings new daily challenges and opportunities

As our senior water engineers, you'll be at the forefront of creating efficient and sustainable water systems. Your talent, trustworthiness, and expertise will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of water treatment solutions for our customers.

We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional products and building trust. We believe in the power of talented professionals who bring passion to their craft.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering; Master of Science in engineering a plus
• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of progressively increasing responsibility in the drinking water space, including planning, design, startup, and optimization for drinking water and reuse applications.
• Be a team player, working across departments to support firm goals. Collaboration, consensus-building, working with stakeholder groups, sales and marketing, branding
• Able to work late evening and early morning with our engineering teams, contractors, and OEM partners in Asia
• Speak and write well.
• Have strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong project management skills. Proven success in technical presentations, proposal writing, and public presentations.
• Think strategically, finding and implementing improvements.
• Accreditation in DFSS and DFM is desired.
• 5+ years of experience creating complex 3-D models / assemblies using Solidworks, Pro-E, or similar software
• Able to perform and utilize mechanical design hand calculations (material stress, deflection, forces, moments, fluid flow rates, pressure, o-ring squeeze) for upfront analyses to quickly guide the direction of design work.
• Adept in the application of FEA & CFD to drive design decisions
• Comprehensive understanding and utilization of best design practices for an extensive range of materials and fabrication processes encompassing injection molding, blow-molding, thermoforming, casting, machining, forming, bending, ultrasonic welding, hot plate welding, pad printing, etc.
• Proficient in the functional specification of mechanical and electromechanical components, including pumps, valves, O-rings / seals, tubing / plumbing, solenoids, motors, etc.
• Up to 10% travel domestic and at overseas OEM partners

Where you work

The position is in our Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks) office. At Ideal Living, we believe in work-life balance, including injecting a healthy dose of fun into everything we do.

We celebrate milestones and enjoy friendly team-building activities and office outings after work. A happy and engaged work team is a successful one.

We encourage our teams to connect on multiple levels and support each other's personal and professional growth.

What You'll Get

• Medical / life / disability insurance.
• 401K profit-sharing plan.
• Paid time off.
30+ days ago