Arbor Energy
Sr. Heat Exchanger Engineer
$165K–$180K
El Segundo, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 5, 2026
- Location
- El Segundo, CA
El Segundo, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace, or related Engineering field.
About the job
Leads design, supplier qualification, manufacturing development, and testing of compact heat exchangers for Arbor’s supercritical CO₂ power system.
What you'll do
- Own thermal-hydraulic design of recuperators, precoolers, and heaters from conceptual sizing through detailed design.
- Lead supplier technical engagement and develop, qualify, and test advanced heat exchangers, including additively manufactured and diffusion-bonded designs.
- Own thermal-mechanical life assessments, performance testing, and engineering documentation for heat exchanger hardware.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace, or related Engineering field.
- 6+ years designing, building, and testing high-performance thermal-fluid hardware.
- Demonstrated compact heat-transfer design and hands-on manufacturing experience with processes forming internal flow passages.
- Experience taking full-scale hardware from design through fabrication and test; ability to build first-principles models in Python, MATLAB, or similar.
Nice to have
- Experience with supercritical or dense-phase fluids, diffusion-bonded heat exchangers, or AM qualification processes.
- Experience with TEMA, API 661, HTRI, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII, or first-of-a-kind hardware environments.
Pay
$165,000 - $180,000 USD/year (base salary)
Tools
Python, MATLAB, Inconel 625, Haynes 282, TEMA, API 661, HTRI, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII
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