Senior Component Design Engineer - Transmissions
About The Position
As a Senior Component Design Engineer - Transmissions, you will be part of the global Turbomachinery Engineering, Technology & Safety organization. You will develop complex engineering solutions that satisfy cutting-edge aerospace functional and physical requirements and exhibit robustness for manufacturing capability. As part of the ET&S Transmissions engineering team, you’ll be responsible for developing, assessing, and delivering high-performance gas turbine rolling element bearings and advanced aerospace seals that push the envelope with performance, life, and efficiency. In addition, you’ll support capability growth of the local and global transmissions team as well as developing guidance and training materials associated with advanced bearings and gas turbine advanced sealing systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, with 2+ years of experience in mechanical design, OR Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering, OR JD/PhD in Mechanical Engineering
- To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated experience in the design, analysis, manufacture and verification of rolling element bearings and advanced aerospace sealing systems, including industry design methods and tools such as Shaberth, ADORE, and ROMAX.
- Experience with aerospace power transmission components and systems, including gearboxes, rolling element bearings, journal bearings, shafts, and seals
- Experience with computational fluid dynamics analysis methods related to air and oil movement.
- Demonstrated experience in progressing designs/changes through a gated design review process.
- Expertise in dimensional tolerance stack-ups and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) including thermal effects on tolerances
- Knowledge of gas turbine subsystems and components and their function and operation
- Expertise in the following software applications: Siemens NX, Siemens Teamcenter, Microsoft Excel
Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver new component designs for high-performance gas turbine bearings and seals, which includes (but is not limited to) creating design concepts, optimizing concepts to a final definition, preparing technical presentations and documents, performing dimensional analyses, supporting creation of drawings, delivering hardware for validation, and release of hardware to production.
- Lead investigations of in-service and/or development hardware issues including failure analysis, root cause / corrective action (RCCA), reporting, and documentation. Share findings with the global turbomachinery team in accordance with export control regulations.
- Present and defend design solutions and technical work to program leadership and other stakeholders.
- Perform strength and lifing analyses for gas turbine bearings and seals to substantiate suitability for new engine applications and extended performance of existing engines.
- Advance the bearing and seal capability through research and technology, education, knowledge management, and consultation.
- Support the supply chain in procuring hardware including review of supplier production method documentation, assessment of non-conforming hardware, and review of supplier change proposals.
- Support manufacturing, assembly, service, and aftermarket issues promptly as they arise to keep production on target and the fleet in operation.
Benefits
- bonus
- employee support assistance
- employee discounts
- health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- a flexible spending account
- a health savings account
- a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off
- certain paid holidays
- paid parental and family care leave
- tuition reimbursement
- a long-term incentive plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
