Job Description Summary

The Operability Lead Engineer demonstrates leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes to develop and qualify gas turbine engine systems. In this role you will work within defined parameters to make decisions, apply concepts to issues of increasing complexity, and resolve issues through immediate action or short-term planning. You will perform and provide leadership in engine operability analysis and support the senior staff in long-term planning, data analysis, field analysis, operability presentations, analysis of operability stacks and contribute to the overall business strategy in advancing the state of the art for Engine Operability.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Leverage your experience in Engine Operability for new products introduction (NPI), performance improvements, cost reductions and problem resolutions

• Utilize the latest thermodynamic modeling tools and techniques to analyze engine performance data and make program recommendations

• Improve state of the art with respect to gas turbine thermodynamic modeling techniques

• Work cross functionally with Performance, Systems, Aero, Heat Transfer, Controls, and hardware design engineers to accurately assess Turbofan engine Operability

• Provide technical leadership to personnel supporting the assigned project

• Contribute independently in projects

• Support senior engineers in defining the state of the art in Engine Operability to anticipate, develop and apply technology to current and future business opportunities

• Provide Engine Operability engineering support to teams working on performance, cost reduction and quality initiatives

• Lead efforts to resolve problems in the field or during the manufacturing processes

• Provide analysis of data using Operability tools

• Protect the Intellectual Property rights of the Company

• Support technical program manager when appropriate

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced engineers

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Systems Engineering

Desired Characteristics

• Prior engine qualification and/or certification experience

• Demonstrated experience with gas turbine engine test support and analysis

• Demonstrated experience in engine thermodynamic modeling

• Demonstrated experience with industry modeling tools including NPSS

• Familiarity with high level programming languages (C++, PYTHON, R, etc.) 

• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of thermodynamics and aerodynamics

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.

• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.

Additional Job Description

Compensation Grade

LPB2

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.