Career Area:Engineering

Job Description:
The successful Mechanical Design Engineer candidate will work closely with various cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams to design and develop new and enhanced industrial gas turbine engine components or improve existing turbine engine components. Specifically, the ideal candidate will possess experience and a strong working knowledge in the detailed mechanical design of shrouded turbine blades which includes strong understanding of best practices regarding management through the entire lifecycle. Inclusive in the experience, the candidate shall also possess knowledge, and have experience with, shrouded blade durability analysis and assessments, state of the art blade life prediction methods as well as an understanding and working knowledge of damage accumulation and typical failure mechanisms.

The candidate will have the ability to perform detailed mechanical design work related to the development of shrouded gas turbine blade concepts and also be willing to mentor junior level design engineers in the related engineering sciences pertaining to modern shrouded blade design principles. Other gas turbine hot section component design fundamentals are beneficial and secondary to the primary role including stationary nozzle and non-shrouded turbine blade design, heat transfer/turbine durability methods and secondary flow system analysis fundamentals. All are considered highly beneficial for the role. The selected candidate will play an integral role in ensuring that the new and enhanced components/systems fulfill performance, manufacturing, durability, maintainability, and cost targets. The primary function of this role is therefore to create shrouded blade design concepts, perform detailed mechanical design work to develop the concepts further, perform mechanical analysis in support of the concepts/detail designs and work within the extended team as necessary to report on work. A strong background in mechanical analysis related to structural vibrations of rotating and static turbine hardware is essential. The ideal candidate will thus have the skills necessary to successfully lead progress from concept to validation and have the ability to execute or support the following engineering activities: Finite Element Analysis (FEA), modal analysis, model and drawing creation, engineering specification development, component durability assessments, engine test data analysis including understanding state of the art mechanical vibration data and appropriate data reduction & interpretation methods. Strong written and oral communication skills are required.

This position can either be based remotely within the USA or in our San Diego headquarters.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of directly applicable Mechanical Design work experience


• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or closely related Engineering degree


• Experience with Concept and Detail design principles


• Gas turbine design and analysis experience


• Experience using Finite element (FEA) analysis software to perform detailed analysis


• Experience with creation, checking and release of engineering drawings

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years relevant mechanical design work experience


• Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering


• ANSYS and/or ABAQUS Experience in the design and/or analysis of gas turbine components, gas turbine operation and application, materials and processes, manufacturing methods and test procedures


• Experience with detailed cross-section stack-ups


• Experience with life prediction methods


• Experience with turbine blade heat transfer essentials


• Geometric dimensional and tolerance specifications (ASME Y14.5-2009)


• Design/manufacturing/drawing practices


• Creo (or related CAD system)


• Windchill, Microsoft Office and technical writing

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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