Senior Mechanical Engineer – Power Generation, Gas-to-Power

Job Description:

  • Do real mechanical engineering on our FEL-2 and early-phase delivery work, owning the parts our software can't handle yet so projects ship
  • Be the quality gate on Candid's automated mechanical outputs: catch what's wrong before it reaches a client, and feed it back so the product gets sharper
  • Define how equipment scope gets developed and validated through FEED on power and gas-to-power projects, and what "good" looks like
  • Review and validate mechanical content across equipment datasheets, vendor packages, and discipline handoffs
  • Build repeatable checks that catch scope gaps and inconsistencies early
  • Map where mechanical rework happens, why it happens, and what inputs drive it
  • Clarify interface points with Process, Piping, I&C, and Electrical
  • Separate the steps that are genuinely repetitive from the ones that need real engineering judgment
  • Help define the checks, workflows, and product requirements that let software take on the repetitive parts, with engineers in control.

Requirements:

  • 7+ years at a large scale EPC, PMC, owner-operator, or OEM, with most of it on power generation or gas-to-power
  • Direct experience on combined cycle, simple cycle, gas-to-power, LNG, or cogeneration projects (not refining or petrochem only)
  • You've personally owned mechanical equipment datasheet development and vendor package review through FEED
  • Strong on rotating and power-plant equipment: gas turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, pumps, compressors, fans, and balance of plant mechanical (cooling systems, fuel gas conditioning, water treatment)
  • Hands-on with equipment specification to API and ASME (API 610, 611, 612, 617; ASME VIII; B31.1 power piping)
  • Experience coordinating OEM turbine and major equipment packages (GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, or similar)
  • You spot inconsistencies across datasheets, P&IDs, and vendor packages fast
  • Clear understanding of cross-discipline dependencies
  • You've felt boxed in by big-company process and you want out
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and wearing multiple hats; bias to action over waiting for perfect.

Benefits:

  • Meaningful base + equity
  • Unlimited PTO. Great work needs recharging.
  • Health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision
  • Up to $150/mo health and wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, and similar)
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