Design Engineer – Storage Solutions/Custom Composite Structures & Piping

Role Overview

Design Engineer – Storage Solutions/Custom Composite Structures & Piping with NOV. This role is responsible for the design, analysis, certification, and application engineering of reinforced thermoset plastic vessels, tanks, piping systems, and fiberglass storage solutions.

Role Purpose

Ensure NOV fiberglass storage solutions products are selected, designed, and supplied only for applications within approved service parameters and design limits. Deliver technically compliant and optimized composite solutions that meet customer requirements, regulatory standards, and manufacturing capability.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Analysis

• Develop and certify design calculations, drawings, and specifications for composite vessels, tanks, storage solutions, and piping systems in accordance with ASME RTP-1, ASME NM.2, EN 13121, AWWA M45, API 15LR/15HR, BS 4994, and applicable project standards.
• Perform engineering calculations including pipe properties, hydraulic analysis, pipe sizing, flow mechanics, laminate stress and strain analysis, design verification, and product selection.
• Define laminate architectures, reinforcement sequences, corrosion-barrier configurations, joint details, and liner requirements to meet mechanical, chemical, and service requirements.

Technical Gateway & RFQ Management

• Serve as the technical gatekeeper to ensure FGS products are selected and supplied only for applications within approved service parameters, design limits, and product capabilities.
• Review RFQs, customer specifications, datasheets, drawings, and service conditions to recommend technically compliant and optimized product solutions.

Documentation & Submittals

• Prepare technical tender packages, Fabricator's Design Reports, design reports, clarifications, deviations, and customer and regulatory submittals.
• Review and approve fabrication drawings, layout drawings, shop drawings, and BOMs to ensure manufacturability, code compliance, dimensional accuracy, and alignment with design intent.

Manufacturing Support

• Provide engineering support for composite fabrication processes including filament winding, contact molding, secondary bonding, fit-up, assembly, post-cure, testing, inspection, and repair activities.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Sales, Project Engineering, QA/QC, Manufacturing, Inspection, and Operations to ensure technical compliance and smooth project execution.
• Support technical presentations, customer meetings, product selection discussions, technical clarifications, and customer and job-site visits as required.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Participate in design reviews, code audits, technical risk reviews, nonconformance investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action recommendations.
• Support qualification testing, material property development, product validation, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance design efficiency, manufacturability, quality, and cost-effectiveness.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Materials, or Composite Engineering, or closely related field.
• Minimum 2 years of design and analysis experience with composite pressure vessels, tanks, or piping systems.

Desirable

• Minimum 5 years of design and analysis experience with composite pressure vessels, tanks, or piping systems.
• Proven working knowledge of ASME RTP-1, ASME NM.2, EN 13121, BS 4994, AWWA M45, and API 15LR/15HR design standards.
• Practical understanding of filament winding, contact molding, secondary bonding, and post-cure processes.

Skills & Competencies

• Fluent in English with exceptional technical writing and presentation skills.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical design, piping applications, laminate mechanics, and composite fabrication methods.

Additional Information

• Willingness to travel internationally as required.