Vulcan Elements
Senior Design Engineer
Research Triangle Park, NC +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States - Education
- Technical training in CAD, drafting, or mechanical design, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
About the job
Designs and documents mechanical parts and equipment for Vulcan Elements’ R&D and pilot facility, supporting fabrication, assembly, testing, and spare-part replacement.
What you'll do
- Create parametric CAD models, assemblies, and fabrication-ready drawings for reactor components, feed systems, tooling, and equipment modifications.
- Measure and reverse-engineer existing equipment, then work with shop teams to resolve build issues and refine designs.
- Maintain bills of materials, part numbers, revision-controlled drawings, and as-built records; support supplier quotations.
What they ask for
- Technical training in CAD, drafting, or mechanical design, or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrated mechanical-part and assembly design experience using SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or similar parametric CAD software.
- Hands-on experience in machining, fabrication, welding, equipment assembly, repair, or a similar trade.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-temperature equipment, materials, or metals processing; powder handling or press feed systems.
- Experience with copper busbars or buspipes, cooled assemblies, weldments, refractory components, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, CAD data management, CAM workflows, or pilot-plant builds.
Tools
SolidWorks, Fusion 360, GD&T, CAM
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