Combustion Design Engineer II (Aerospace Propulsion)

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Company

hirify.global develops advanced propulsion and combustion technologies in collaboration with engineering teams and international R&D partners.

What you will do

• Support concept evaluation and early-stage R&D for microwave-assisted, plasma-assisted, hybrid, and other advanced combustion systems.
• Develop and refine gas turbine and novel jet engine combustor designs, including additive manufacturing-enabled concepts.
• Research hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuels, and other high-energy-density fuels, assessing combustion characteristics, operability, emissions, and integration potential.
• Design, develop, and test advanced ignition systems to improve combustion stability, efficiency, and operating range.
• Participate in combustion test campaigns using chemiluminescence, laser-induced fluorescence, particle image velocimetry, pressure and emissions measurements, and high-speed imaging.
• Analyse experimental and simulation data and prepare technical reports, test summaries, design documentation, presentations, and publication or intellectual property inputs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Combustion Science, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of relevant experience in combustion design, gas turbine combustors, propulsion systems, aerospace engines, or related R&D.
• Strong understanding of combustor design, fuel-air mixing, flame stability, ignition, emissions, pressure loss, operability, and combustion performance.
• Experience with combustion testing, experimental diagnostics, data acquisition, CFD, combustion modelling, or simulation tools.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Nice to have

• Exposure to hydrogen combustion, sustainable fuels, plasma-assisted combustion, microwave-assisted combustion, hybrid combustion systems, or advanced ignition technologies.
• Experience with additive manufacturing-enabled combustor design or advanced propulsion component development.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on next-generation propulsion technologies and low-TRL R&D activities through TRL 6.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams and international R&D partners.