
Engineer II - Mechanical
Cranberry Township, NC · HybridJob$69–87K/yrPosted 4 days agoStill listed today
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The Engineer II - Mechanical reports to the Manager, RVI Load Development & Analysis in Reactor Component Engineering and works from Cranberry Township on a hybrid schedule. The role supports design, analysis, repair, modification, and qualification of components for Westinghouse-designed nuclear power plants. It also involves outage support, technical risk resolution, and collaboration with project teams, suppliers, customers, and other partners.
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Full job description
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
About the Role:
As an Engineer II - Mechanical you will report to the Manager, RVI Load Development & Analysis • Reactor Component Engineering and be located at our Cranberry Township, PA location. This role has a hybrid work schedule. No relocation assistance is provided for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
• Perform design and analyses for the repair, modification and qualification of components within the primary pressure boundary of Westinghouse designed nuclear power plants including current operating fleet, AP1000 reactors.
• Use of analysis tools, such as finite element simulations (ex. Ansys), closed form engineering calculations, and Westinghouse internal analysis codes to qualify component design.
• Work with other component, system, and manufacturing lead on the integration of the subsystems and work through emergent design issues.
• Work with project managers and subsystem/component leads to develop project schedules.
• Identify and define technical risks and challenges, direct efforts to successful resolution.
• Bring engineering thoughtfulness to resolution of problems that are sometimes loosely, or only partially, defined, requiring experience within given discipline.
• Incorporate the use of industry, regulatory, or NRC/DOE/ASME codes, standards, and criteria relevant to nuclear reactors in design activities.
• Provide technical guidance, direction, and collaborate with other personnel including partners such as national laboratories, sub-contractors, suppliers, fabricators, and customers.
• Support plant refueling outages (both on-site and remotely) including stretches of 12-hour shift work and overnight work because of time sensitivity
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required. Mechanical engineering, Engineering Mechanics or Aerospace Engineering preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in Component structural analysis or Thermo Hydraulics.
We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $69,200 to $86,500 per year.
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Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:
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Competitive Salary
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Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
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Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
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401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
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Paid Vacations and Holidays
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Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
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Educational Reimbursement Program
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Employee Referral Program
Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
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Safety and Quality
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Integrity and Trust
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Customer Focus and Innovation
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Speed and Passion to Win
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Teamwork and Accountability
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 11,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.
Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
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How this job compares
Set against the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$69–87K/yr
- North Carolina median$100–160K/yr85 salary ranges
- US median$107–160K/yr4,627 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $78K, is 38% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($126K) — in the lowest quarter of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 163 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in North Carolina and 7,635 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Black & Veatch19 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,365 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,220 of the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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