Principal Heat Transfer Engineer

Location: San Diego, California; onsite five days a week. Relocation is available. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $120,600–$180,900 per year

Company

hirify.global, part of Caterpillar, develops industrial gas turbines and related energy equipment.

What you will do

• Define, analyze, and experimentally validate turbine cooling systems, including secondary flow circuits, turbine disks, diaphragms, and cooled airfoils.
• Perform engine thermal management and steady-state and transient thermal analysis.
• Develop advanced cooling techniques and improve heat transfer and design methodologies.
• Apply thermal and fluid-system expertise while collaborating with interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary engineering teams.
• Propose and implement innovative technical solutions and contribute to engineering discussions and reviews.

Requirements

• BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or an equivalent qualification.
• Direct experience performing advanced thermal analysis for high-temperature turbomachinery at a gas turbine OEM or equivalent organization.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally and bring technical work to concise closure.
• Ability to manage multiple complex and challenging priorities.
• Knowledge of advanced heat transfer design for turbomachinery and gas turbine cooling systems.
• Experience with thermal FEA, CFD, and validation of analytical models using experimental test data.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with an emphasis on thermal or fluid systems.
• Experience creating 2D axisymmetric whole-engine finite element models using Ansys Mechanical APDL.
• Experience with 1D flow network analysis, cooled turbine blade and vane analysis, and gas turbine secondary flow system design.
• Experience developing FE modeling best practices, quality-control procedures, and standard work.
• Experience with Ansys Mechanical APDL and Workbench, 1D flow network tools, Pro-Engineer/Creo, NX, SpaceClaim, or Star CCM+.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration within a diverse group of technical experts in Heat Transfer Applications.
• Opportunity to mentor and lead a small team of analysts.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off, and parental and adoption benefits.
• 401(k), HSA, FSA, disability, and life insurance benefits.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, incentive bonus, employee assistance, and employee discounts.