Senior Mechanical Design Eng (P3) - HSE Mil Turbines (Hybrid)
About The Position
The Hot Section Engineering Design team is seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer, preferably with turbine experience, to work on turbine module design, analysis, and sustainment. The role serves as a technical leader, resolving complex, high-impact mechanical engineering challenges with minimal oversight while ensuring safe, balanced, and robust system-level solutions. The engineer works with the Integrated Product Team, including project, structures, durability, aero-thermal, and product definition disciplines, and leads interactions with other Hot Section Engineering IPTs and technical capability aspects of the team. The role provides technical direction for turbine hardware outsourcing, reviewing and integrating supplier and partner engineering work to ensure high-quality design outputs and adherence to Hot Section Engineering standards. It builds customer credibility through validated, data-driven engineering solutions and accountability for turbine hardware performance, life, and reliability. The engineer collaborates with customer technical support, maintenance repair and overhaul engineering, and field service teams to interpret customer data, assess limits expansions, update maintenance manual limits, and lead root cause investigations of turbine-related field events. The engineer also partners with Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering Support Teams to resolve production issues and nonconformances, represents Turbines in cross-functional forums and design reviews, and mentors junior engineers. The position promotes collaboration, professional development, continuous improvement, adoption of digital tools and advanced analysis methods, standard work, and lessons learned. Travel is up to 10%. English proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking is required for communication with customers, coworkers, or supervisors who speak only English. This is a hybrid role with regular onsite and offsite work in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. U.S. citizenship is required; no security clearance is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.
- At least 5 years of engineering experience, or an advanced degree with at least 3 years of engineering experience.
- At least 3 years of experience with hardware, blueprints, dimensions and tolerances, and/or manufacturing methods, including GD&T experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- English reading, writing, and speaking proficiency is required when communicating with customers, coworkers, or supervisors who only speak English.
Nice To Haves
- Aircraft engine rotor or airfoil experience, including design, development, manufacture, testing, and/or maintenance of jet engine turbines.
- Proficiency in Teamcenter, Unigraphics NX, ANSYS, and classical methods of analysis.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail and deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical leader for turbine module design, analysis, and sustainment, resolving complex engineering challenges with minimal oversight.
- Provide technical direction for turbine hardware outsourcing and govern the review and integration of supplier and partner engineering work.
- Deliver validated, data-driven engineering solutions and maintain accountability for turbine hardware performance, life, and reliability.
- Collaborate with Customer Technical Support, Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Engineering, and field service teams to interpret customer data, assess limits expansions, update maintenance manual limits, and lead root cause investigations of turbine field events.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering Support Teams to resolve production issues and nonconformances and support timely delivery of turbine hardware for engine assembly.
- Represent Turbines in cross-functional forums, technical reviews, and design boards, providing engineering rationale and supporting alignment across Hot Section Engineering.
- Mentor junior engineers and design contributors in turbine design fundamentals, analytical methods, problem-solving, and engineering practices.
- Promote collaboration, open communication, shared accountability, professional growth, and a high-performance technical team environment.
- Drive continuous improvement through adoption of digital tools, advanced analysis methods, standard work, and lessons-learned processes.
- Travel up to 10%.
Benefits
- Employee Scholar Program
- Employee referral award eligibility, subject to all eligibility requirements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
