Rotordynamics Engineer

LAT Aerospace Private; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

LAT Aerospace is hiring a Rotordynamics Engineer to own analysis and development of high-speed rotating systems for gas turbine engines. You will work across shafts, disks, bearings, seals, and structural dynamics to ensure safe, reliable operation across the engine envelope.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in rotordynamics or turbomachinery, a postgraduate degree in mechanical/aerospace engineering, and hands-on experience with major FEA tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in rotordynamics, turbomachinery, or high-speed rotating machinery.
• Postgraduate degree (M.Tech/MS/PhD) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong fundamentals in rotordynamics, vibration, structural dynamics, and rotating machinery.
• Hands-on experience with critical speed analysis, Campbell diagrams, rotor stability, forced response, and damping.
• Proficiency with major FEA tools (ANSYS/Abaqus/Nastran/COMSOL).

Responsibilities

• Own rotordynamics analysis including critical speeds and Campbell diagrams.
• Develop optimized shaft, disk, bearing, and rotating assembly architectures.
• Analyze thermal growth and clearances across operating conditions.
• Perform structural, thermal, fatigue, and creep analyses of high-speed parts.
• Evaluate bearing, seal, damping, and support-system behavior for design improvements.
• Assess rotor response to unbalance, engine orders, and dynamic loads.
• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, aerodynamic, and manufacturing teams.
• Define rotor balancing, instrumentation, and experimental validation.
• Correlate models with test data and drive design iterations.

Skills

Rotordynamics

Turbomachinery

High-speed rotating machinery

Critical speed analysis

Campbell diagrams

Education

Postgraduate degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

Abaqus

Nastran

COMSOL

Job description

We're Hiring: Rotordynamics Engineer – Gas Turbine Systems

Full time | Core team

LAT Aerospace | Gas Turbine Engines

LAT Aerospace is developing next-generation aerospace systems from first principles. This includes a hybrid electric aircraft that takes off and lands within a space of a parking lot, Defence systems built from ground up and scalable Gas Turbine Engines.

We are looking for Rotordynamics Engineers to own the analysis and development of high-speed rotating systems from architecture through testing. You will work across shafts, disks, bearings, seals, clearances, and structural dynamics to ensure the rotating system operates safely and reliably across the full engine operating envelope.

What you’ll do

• Own rotordynamics analysis including critical speeds, Campbell diagrams, mode shapes, damping, stability, and synchronous/asynchronous response.

• Develop and optimize shaft, disk, bearing, coupling, and rotating assembly architectures.

• Analyze tip clearances and thermal growth across cold start, steady-state, and transient operating conditions.

• Perform structural, thermal, fatigue, and creep analysis of high-speed rotating components.

• Evaluate bearing, seal, damping, and support-system behaviour and drive design improvements.

• Analyze rotor response to unbalance, blade excitation, engine orders, and other dynamic loads.

• Work closely with mechanical, thermal, aerodynamic, and manufacturing teams to develop integrated rotating systems.

• Define and support rotor balancing, instrumentation, and experimental validation of rotordynamic models.

• Correlate analytical models with test data and drive design iterations based on experimental results.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of professional experience in rotordynamics, turbomachinery, or high-speed rotating machinery.

• Postgraduate degree (M.Tech/MS/PhD) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.

• Strong fundamentals in rotordynamics, vibration, structural dynamics, and rotating machinery.

• Hands-on experience with critical speed analysis, Campbell diagrams, rotor stability, forced response, and damping.

• Strong experience with FEA tools such as ANSYS, Abaqus, Nastran, COMSOL, or equivalent.

• Experience with bearings, seals, dampers, couplings, and high-RPM rotating systems.

• Understanding of thermal-structural effects, fatigue, creep, and material limits in rotating components.

• Taking analytical models through hardware development and experimental validation is highly preferred.

• Hands on experience with multiple design, build and test cycles of gas turbine prototypes.

Why LAT?

• No hierarchy beyond strength of ideas.

• Rapid hardware iteration culture.

• Own the complete journey from engineering design to flight-ready hardware.