Lead Engineer - Transient Performance Engineering

Roles and Responsibilities

• Work with aerodynamicists, heat transfer experts, engine controls engineers, and other engine designers to develop system level aero-thermal models of gas turbine engines.
• Participate in engine test planning/execution and analyze data collected from these engine tests to validate and improve the engine performance models.
• Conduct analysis to ensure the engine design can meet all customer requirements for thrust, fuel consumption, transient response, and engine operability across the flight envelope while observing all engine operating limits.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering from accredited university.
• At least 3 years' experience in an engineering position.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong interest in compressible flow modeling and thermodynamics.
• School or industry experience with computer coding (examples: C++, Python, Matlab, or NPSS).
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Willingness to learn and work in a collaborative team environment.
• Graduate degree in Aerospace or Mechanical engineering.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).