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We put our mission into practice, helping the world sustainably move, improve and enjoy water, life's most essential resource. From our residential water filtration to industrial water management to pool products and more, our 9,000 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help create a better world for people and the planet through smart, sustainable water solutions.\nWe have an opportunity for a Project Engineer to join our North Aurora, IL team.\nYou will:\nNew product development: Promote growth through the development of new products and product line extensions. Pentair’s world class 5-D product development toll gate process will be used to introduce effective market driven design solutions.\nEngineered Orders: Design activity for custom engineered pumps from concept through commissioning.\nValue Engineering: Engage in value engineering activity to promote cost savings and product enhancement.\nR&D testing: Specify and conduct complete pump testing for design verification, planning and reporting to industry and customer driven standards.\nAgency Work: Work with compliance agencies such as Underwriters Laboratory, Factory Mutual and NFPA Standards Association on fire pumps and NSF certification.\nTechnical support: Provide technical support for marketing, sales, manufacturing and customers.\nWorld class tools: Use and develop world class tools for hydraulic and mechanical design such as finite element analysis, computational fluid mechanics, advanced machinery health assessment, fitness for uses analysis\nWorldwide collaboration: Work and collaborate with Pentair engineering offices throughout the world.\nDemonstrate aptitude for sound engineering principles\nCreate new hydraulic and mechanical pump designs to meet market conditions\nManage projects as assigned, including time and budget metrics\nWork within Pentair’s 5-D processes for Product Development and Technology Innovation\nPerform analysis of design or modification of product to meet customer specifications\nInteract with customers, marketing, sales, and manufacturing with emphasis on product quality\nPrepare technical data, bills of material, and reports\nEstablish and maintain layout, detail drawings, product material and quality standards\nWork with value engineering groups to reduce product cost and improve products\nPrepare manuals, charts, graphs, or other presentation information\nInteract with manufacturing to resolve in-house product failures and production problems\nServe on quality improvement teams to reduce in-house or field problems\nMaintain proficiency in current technology and integrate current technology with new design concepts\nAssist and advise purchasing of new or modified pattern equipment\nCommission and troubleshoot installed equipment as required\nPerform machinery health assessments of installed equipment\nSupport design testing in the laboratory including scheduling, coordination and testing\nAnalyze problems, identify issues, and serve as technical advisor to the Pump Services team\nWork and collaborate with Pentair engineering centers throughout the world\nUse and create new technology tools for design and process improvement. \nTravel required up to 30% of the time\nKey Qualifications:\nMechanical Engineering Degree, or related field of study\nBachelor’s degree or higher with >5 years’ experience\nEmbrace Pentair’s technical and leadership competencies\nIntegrate principles, concepts and practices of multiple disciplines to product solutions\nMaintain state of the art technical knowledge\nProvide technical leadership in areas of specialization and transmit knowledge to others\nComputer skills: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Auto-Cad, SolidWorks\nMust exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills\nEngineer in Training (EIT) certification\nProfessional Engineer (PE) license\nPump hydraulic design experience\nProficiency in relevant codes and standards (NFPA, ASME, Hydraulic Institute, UL, FM, NEC).\nComputer simulation experience (CFD, FEA), ANSYS preferred\nPrograming experience (VBX, MatLab, MathCad, Excel, Python)\nExperience working with pumps and/or mechanical rotating equipment\nExperience with Water and Wastewater applications & other Industrial processes\nKnowledge working with the Municipal and/or Industrial markets\nExperience in price negotiation, as well as competitive analysis\nHands-on experience building customer relationships (Internal & External)\nEffective internal consulting skills along with the ability to positively influence others to achieve identified outcomes without direct lines of authority\nCompensation:\nFor this full-time position working at this location, the anticipated annualized base pay range will be from $82300 - $152800 / year. 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