Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate 3D CAD models for compressor and turbine hardware, rotors, stators, shafts, bearings, housings, casings, seals, flanges, nozzles, and associated structures.
• Perform structural, thermal, and rotating-machinery analyses, including static and rotating loads, fatigue, vibration, buckling, thermal loads, and thermo-mechanical behavior.
• Conduct FEA and assess stresses, thermal growth, clearances, critical speeds, and high-temperature material behavior.
• Produce and review engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, fits, materials, coatings, heat treatments, and inspection requirements.
• Support manufacturing, assembly, balancing, commissioning, and testing activities.
• Investigate mechanical and structural issues identified during build and testing.
• Correlate analytical and FEA results with component, rig, and engine-test data and support design improvements.
• Coordinate with suppliers on specifications, manufacturing plans, reviews, deviations, non-conformances, and acceptance requirements.
• Prepare and present technical evidence during PDR, CDR, and TRR reviews.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Typically 7–12 years of relevant engineering experience with demonstrated hardware ownership through design, manufacture, assembly, testing, and maturation.
• Advanced proficiency in 3D CAD and engineering drawing development using Siemens NX, CATIA, Creo, SolidWorks, or an equivalent tool.
• Strong practical FEA experience using Ansys Mechanical, Abaqus, Nastran, or an equivalent tool.
• Strong knowledge of solid mechanics, structural dynamics, heat transfer, fatigue, rotating-component stresses, and temperature-dependent material behavior.
• Practical understanding of gas-turbine mechanical architecture and rotating machinery.
• Working knowledge of rotor dynamics, vibration, balancing, and critical-speed considerations.
• Strong knowledge of GD&T, ISO GPS or ASME Y14.5, tolerance analysis, and aerospace manufacturing processes.
• Experience supporting engine or rotating-machinery builds, testing, troubleshooting, and supplier coordination.
• Strong technical communication, engineering judgment, and independent working ability.