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Research Engineer – Combustion
| Company | GE Aerospace |
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| Location | Schenectady, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $80000 – $150000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related disciplines OR Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related disciplines with at least 5 years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of combustion, acoustics, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and combustion chemistry
- Experience with post-processing computational and/or experimental data
- Background in advanced mathematics (numerical methods, pde/ode, etc.)
- Experience in performing combustion experiments
- Demonstrated ability to investigate, model and provide critical insight into complex physical phenomena
- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with senior leaders and customers with clarity and confidence
- Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY
- U.S. citizenship is required due to Federal Contract Provisions
Responsibilities
- Work with technicians and engineers to design and install new experimental hardware
- Perform high-pressure combustion experiments simulating engine operation and analyze data
- Contribute to project reviews and archive results – recommend design improvements
- Work with other engineers in developing new combustion models and analysis tools
- Lead cutting edge research in turbine engine combustion and high-speed propulsion
- Work as part of a team executing on multi-generation technology programs to enable future design advancements
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in gas turbine combustion, including: thermo-acoustic instabilities (combustion dynamics), fuel/air premixing systems, flame propagation in complex fuel mixtures, combustion kinetics & chemistry, design and evaluation of new combustion systems, and modeling of combustion systems
- Experience with advanced instrumentation and optical diagnostics
- Experience in modeling supersonic/hypersonic flows
- Peer reviewed journal publications
- Experience working with high-pressure, high-temperature combustion experiments
- Fluency with Matlab, Python, and COMSOL
