Senior Combustion Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize combustion systems for gas turbine engines, propulsion systems, and advanced energy applications.
• Plan, execute, and analyze laboratory and engine-level combustion experiments to evaluate combustion efficiency, flame stability, emissions, ignition performance, and thermal characteristics.
• Investigate combustion dynamics, turbulent reacting flows, and combustion instability mechanisms using experimental and analytical techniques.
• Perform thermal-fluid analyses to improve combustor performance, fuel-air mixing, cooling effectiveness, and emissions reduction.
• Develop experimental test plans, define instrumentation requirements, and support combustion rig and engine testing activities.
• Analyze large experimental datasets using statistical methods and advanced signal processing techniques.
• Correlate experimental findings with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and analytical models to improve design accuracy.
• Support root cause investigations involving combustion performance, operability, emissions, and hardware durability.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Master's or Ph.D. preferred with specialization in Combustion, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Aerospace Propulsion, or Thermal Sciences.
• 4+ years of experience in combustion research, propulsion systems, thermal-fluid sciences, or related engineering disciplines.
• Strong understanding of, Combustion fundamentals, Fluid mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Turbulent reacting flows, Gas turbine combustion
• Experience designing and conducting combustion experiments.
• Experience analyzing experimental combustion data and interpreting test results.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, or similar engineering analysis tools.
• Experience with laboratory instrumentation, pressure measurements, temperature measurements, and high-speed data acquisition systems.