Zen Sherpa LLC

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Zen Sherpa LLC

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Texas • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Join a leading engineering team supporting **Gulf Coast industrial, petrochemical, and offshore lifting projects**. You’ll design **mobile crane components, lifting devices, and heavy mechanical systems** used across Houston’s major fabrication and energy hubs.
  • This is a **remote role open to candidates located within the 48 contiguous United States**, with occasional travel (at least 10%, approximately one week per quarter) to customer sites, fabrication facilities, or field locations.

Requirements

  • **What You’ll Do**
  • - Lead mechanical design for **cranes, lifting beams, hoists, and rigging systems**
  • - Create 3D models & drawings in **SolidWorks, Inventor, or Creo**
  • - Run **FEA, load calculations, and structural analysis**
  • - Manage projects from concept to delivery — including fabrication and field support
  • - Collaborate with customers, vendors, and fabrication teams
  • - Support testing, commissioning, and incident investigations
  • - Support fabrication shops and field teams across the Houston region
  • **Must-Have Qualifications**
  • - 10+ years of mechanical design experience in cranes, lifting systems, or heavy equipment
  • - U.S. Citizen or Green Card
  • - Proficiency in SolidWorks, Inventor, or Creo
  • - Ability to travel ~10%
  • **Bonus Experience**
  • - Offshore, industrial, or construction lifting background
  • - Familiarity with **gantry systems, winches, PLC-integrated equipment**
  • - Experience writing **work packs, test plans, and field documentation**
  • **Preferred Experience**
  • - Background in offshore, industrial, or construction lifting environments.
  • - Experience generating work packs, test reports, and technical documentation for field execution.
  • - Familiarity with cranes, hoists, lifting beams, gantry systems, or custom rigging solutions.
  • - Exposure to FEA, data acquisition, or PLC-integrated mechanical systems.
Benefits
  • We value our team's well-being and offer a robust benefits package to support your professional and personal growth:
  • - **Competitive Compensation:** An attractive base salary and Retention and Performance bonuses, commensurate with experience.
  • - **Generous Time Off:** Paid holidays, PTO, and flexible time off to recharge and maintain work-life balance.
  • - **Retirement Savings:** 401(k) plan to secure your future.
  • - **Health and Wellness:** Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage.
  • - **Disability Protection:** Short-term and long-term disability plans for peace of mind.

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Hard skills
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Soft skills
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