Senior Hydraulic Engineer
Job
Overview
- Industrial, Manufacturing
- Engineering and Project Management
- Permanent
- Texas
Location: San Antonio, TX
Industry: equipment manufacturing
Status of Hire: direct placement; permanent
Pay: $163k – $175k; exempt
Summary:
The Senior Hydraulic Engineer will serve as the technical authority for hydraulic system design, integration, analysis, and validation across the entire Aerial Work Platform (AWP) product range. This role ensures company machines deliver best-in-class performance, controllability, robustness, and compliance with global safety and regulatory standards.
The position will be closely with global cross-functional engineering teams. This role will support the expansion of MEWP product engineering capability in North America.
This engineer will lead hydraulic architecture creation, circuit design, simulation, component selection, system performance evaluation, and validation planning throughout the full product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Hydraulic System Design & Leadership
- Lead the design, development, and optimisation of hydraulic circuits for boom lifts, scissor lifts, chassis functions, and auxiliary systems.
- Define hydraulic architectures that meet performance, safety, efficiency, and cost targets.
- Select appropriate hydraulic components, including pumps, valves, manifolds, cylinders, accumulators, filters, and hosing.
- Ensure all designs meet functional safety and AWP-specific stability and control requirements.
- Create hydraulic schematics and simulation models to validate flow, pressure, load handling, thermal behaviour, and system response.
- Use modelling tools to optimise system performance and guide design decisions.
- Validate component and system behaviour through structured test plans, data analysis, and correlation with simulation.
- Ensure compliance with ANSI, CSA, CE, ISO, and other global hydraulic and AWP regulatory requirements.
- Partner with NPIP engineering teams to ensure hydraulic systems meet new product requirements throughout concept, design, and validation phases.
- Support Current Product Engineering by resolving field issues, conducting root-cause analysis, and implementing system improvements.
- Work closely with Test & Validation to define hydraulic test requirements and interpret results.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering to optimise hydraulic routing, assembly processes, and production-quality assurance.
- Support prototype builds to ensure proper hydraulic system integration and functional performance.
- Review hydraulic BOMs, schematics, and commissioning procedures.
- Lead on-machine tuning and system calibration activities for new and existing products.
- Serve as the senior subject matter expert for hydraulic systems within the MEWP division.
- Mentor engineers in hydraulic theory, analysis techniques, simulation tools, and machine safety principles.
- Contribute to engineering standards, design guidelines, simulation models, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Fluid Power Engineering, or related discipline.
- Extensive Aerial Work Platform (AWP) hydraulic system design experience is mandatory.
- 7+ years of hydraulic engineering experience with strong knowledge of fluid power principles, component selection, and system integration.
- Experience working with load handling, proportional control, hydraulic manifolds, and machine functional safety.
- Knowledge of global AWP regulatory standards (ANSI, CSA, CE, ISO).
- Strong analytical capability with understanding of flow, pressure, thermal behavior, and dynamic system response.
- Experience developing hydraulic systems for boom or scissor lifts.
- Background in prototype development, hydraulic commissioning, and system tuning.
- Knowledge of DFM/DFA, hydraulic manufacturing processes, and cost optimization.
- Experience with Automation Studio for hydraulic modelling and simulation is a strong asset.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with NX and Teamcenter.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Competencies:
- Expert hydraulic system design capability
- Strong analytical and simulation skills
- Effective cross-functional communication
- Ability to lead design reviews and technical decisions
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting capability
- Continuous improvement mindset
Job Conditions:
- Both office environment and R&D/factory environment
- Subject to noise and temperature changes
Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
TRS Staffing Solutions are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome you to provide OFCCP data voluntarily here
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; age; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; religion; national origin; disability; veteran status; genetic information; or any other criteria protected by governing law.
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