Senior Design Engineer

Location: 

Dunfermline, GB

Employment type:  Employee
Place of work:  Hybrid
Offshore/Onshore:  Onshore

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as equal opportunities, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 21,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join the Core Tech Valves team in Dunfermline. 

 

The Senior Design Engineer develops and delivers engineering solutions for Surface Valve products throughout their lifecycle, supporting new product development, product improvements, sustaining engineering, and product rationalization activities. Applies technical expertise to ensure solutions are safe, reliable, manufacturable, cost-effective, and compliant with applicable customer requirements, industry standards, and TechnipFMC processes.

 

Supports Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) activities by contributing to product development, qualification, standardization, engineering change management, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Surface Valve portfolio.

Job Description

  • Performs engineering analysis, design, validation, and technical assessments to support Surface Valve product development and sustaining engineering activities.
  • Contributes to new product development, product enhancements, qualification programs, and technology improvement initiatives.
  • Supports Product Lifecycle Management activities including engineering changes, product updates, standardization, obsolescence management, and product rationalization.
  • Prepares and reviews technical documentation including design calculations, specifications, qualification reports, test procedures, and engineering deliverables.
  • Ensures engineering solutions comply with customer requirements, applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and TechnipFMC engineering processes.
  • Participates in product verification, validation, qualification testing, and field performance evaluations.
  • Supports investigation of technical issues, field feedback, non-conformances, and reliability concerns, contributing to root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • Collaborates with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Operations, and Commercial teams to support product improvements and issue resolution.
  • Provides technical support for tenders, project execution activities, and customer requests.
  • Contributes to continuous improvement initiatives focused on product quality, reliability, manufacturability, standardization, and cost optimization.
  • Interfaces with global engineering teams to support consistent application of engineering standards, processes, and best practices.
  • Promote and actively support TechnipFMC's culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

You are meant for this job if:

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
  • Experience in valve design, pressure control equipment, wellhead systems, production equipment, or related engineering fields.
  • Experience in product development, sustaining engineering, or product lifecycle management.
  • Proficiency with engineering design, PLM, and document management systems.
  • Understanding of valve technologies, pressure-containing equipment, materials, sealing systems, and mechanical design principles.
  • Experience preparing engineering calculations, technical documentation, and qualification deliverables.
  • Familiarity with API 6A or related industry standards.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
  • Ability to translate customer and business requirements into practical engineering solutions.
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills in a multidisciplinary and global environment.
 

Skills

Valves and Actuators
Product Development
Product Design
Change Management
Testing and Validation
API Testing
Quality (i.e. RCA and CA) - SSE Eng.
Design thinking
Engineering Standards
Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE) Standards
Collaboration
Critical Evaluation
Resolve Complex Problems
Soft and Interpersonal Skills

Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes equal opportunities and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matter and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.

Learn more about TechnipFMC and find other open positions by visiting our Career Page.

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Date posted:  Sep 14, 2026
Requisition number:  19467