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The role, as it was posted
Join Energy Recovery and Help Build a Sustainable Future
At Energy Recovery, we build products that help limit global temperature rise, reduce carbon emissions, provide safe drinking water for millions of people, and bring efficiency and sustainability to a range of industries. Our products help customers avoid approximately 19.7 million metric tons of carbon emissions per year -- equivalent to removing over 4.7 million cars from the road!
In addition to innovating world-class products that help our customers and the environment, our employees enjoy a diverse, collaborative work culture, as well as extensive company benefits that support the overall wellbeing of our staff. This includes everything from generous health plans and time off, paid family leave, subsidized lunches and company events, and opportunities for charitable giving and volunteering in the community.
What You Can Look Forward To:
ERI is seeking a qualified candidate for an immediate full-time job opening for the position of Principal Technologist, located in San Leandro, CA and reporting to the Engineering Manager of Product Design team. The Product Design team is part of New Technology & Product Development (NTPD) department and consists of a dynamic group of engineers with a wide range of backgrounds, several of them holding PhD and Masters Degrees. We are looking for a talented and energetic candidate who can thrive in a team environment, lead and deliver on R&D projects for new technology/new product development.
The position requires a well-rounded expertise in design, analysis and experimental validation of turbo machines and other high-pressure fluid equipment. A sound knowledge base in mechanics of fluids and solids is required. This position is responsible for hands-on development – component design, analysis, prototype fabrication, experimental validation and production release of rotating equipment such as pressure exchangers, pumps, turbines, turbochargers etc. The candidate will spend bulk of their time working with a multidisciplinary team to develop disruptive technologies based on our proprietary isobaric pressure exchangers and the rest of their time supporting and expanding our current product lines. The position also requires strategic outlook for technology and products toward their commercial applications.