Technical Project Engineer - New Product Development

For more than 70 years, Senior Metal Bellows has been pushing the limits of innovation—designing and building custom-engineered metal bellows for industries that demand the best: aerospace, defense, energy, and beyond.

We’re not just making parts—we’re making solutions no one else can. And we want you to be part of it.

The New Product Development team transforms customer requirements into robust, manufacturable products. From initial prototype through production launch, they ensure all customer needs are met while achieving quality, cost, and timeline targets. They own the critical handoff from inquiry to full-scale production, bridging the gap between customer expectations and manufacturing reality.

The Technical Project Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating engineering projects involving the design, development, manufacturing, and delivery of custom-engineered metal bellows assemblies. This role serves as the primary technical point of contact for assigned projects, ensuring they meet customer specifications and quality standards while collaborating closely with design, manufacturing, quality, and sales teams to deliver on time and within budget. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Project Planning and Management: Develop project scopes, timelines, budgets, and resource plans. Coordinate all technical activities across disciplines, including design, fabrication and testing. Monitor progress and adjust plans as needed to ensure milestones are met.  

• Technical Design and Engineering Support: Review and interpret stakeholder requirements, specifications, and drawings. Work with design teams on structural analysis, pressure vessel design, fatigue life assessment, thermal analysis, and material selection for metal bellows and assemblies.   

• Design for Manufacturability and Optimization: Collaborate with manufacturing and quality teams to apply Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) principles. Optimize designs for performance, quality, cost, and ease of production, incorporating feedback from prototyping and testing.  

• Manufacturing Process Oversight: Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to develop and optimize production methods, including welding, assembly, and testing processes. Resolve manufacturing issues, implement process improvements, and ensure repeatability and reliability of precision components.  

• Risk Management and Compliance: Identify technical risks and ensure compliance with stakeholder requirements. Support qualification testing, validation, and documentation for diverse applications.  

• Customer and Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the technical liaison with stakeholders, addressing inquiries, providing updates, and resolving issues. Work closely with sales, quality, and supply chain teams.   

• Documentation: Prepare and maintain project documentation, including engineering reports, test plans and stakeholder deliverables.   

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field  

• 3+ years of relevant experience  

• Apply broad technical expertise to independently solve routine engineering problems and contribute to project deliverables.  

• Handles moderately complex projects with some autonomy, requiring minimal guidance on standard tasks while escalating more difficult issues as needed.  

• Assesses moderate technical and project risks, contributes to risk mitigation plans, and tracks risk status with some guidance.  

• Offers technical guidance to junior technicians and engineers on standard tasks, helps with onboarding, and shares knowledge within the immediate team.  

• Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage time and prioritize competing tasks in a fast-paced project environment. 

Why Join Senior Metal Bellows?

• Work on challenging, custom-engineered products for diverse industries.
• Collaborate with a talented and experienced team.
• Influence product innovation from concept through production.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.

If you are a highly motivated engineer who enjoys solving complex design challenges and developing innovative products, apply now and join SMB’s New Product Development Team!

Salary Range: $90,000 - $110,000k annually

Final rate will be determined by relevant experience, skills, and qualifications

Trade Compliance Statement Access to our facilities is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Persons (U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. Nationals, U.S. refugees, asylees, or temporary residents under amnesty provisions ), and to properly licensed foreign persons. Applicants receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to provide information to determine whether they are subject to these regulations and, if so, to assess their country of chargeability for export control purposes. Additionally, potential employee names will be screened against the Consolidated Screening List (maintained by the United States government) to determine eligibility to receive controlled technical data.

To ensure there is no unexpected delay to your start date with our Company and due to the potential need to obtain an export license, we would like to promptly assess whether such a license is needed to access our facility and/or systems.  Such licenses can take several weeks/months to obtain from the U.S. Government. Our Trade Compliance department may reach out to you with a Licensing Assessment form, which we request you kindly complete and return as soon as possible.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. EOE M/F/D/V/VEVRAA Federal Contractor