Airfoils-Staff Responsible Engineer

Belcan Corporation; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Belcan Corporation in San Francisco is seeking an Airfoils-Staff Responsible Engineer to own end-to-end turbomachinery aerodynamic design for axial compressor and turbine blades, spanning transonic to final-stage components, with cross-functional collaboration.

Contractor full-time with potential conversion to salaried status, starting ASAP. Bachelor’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering; 4–8 years turbomachinery aerodynamics; CFD/FEA; Python or MATLAB; SolidWorks/CATIA/NX.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Master's or PhD preferred (turbomachinery PhD substitutes some experience).
• 4–8 years turbomachinery aerodynamic design experience.
• 3+ years blade/vane aerodynamic design from 1D to 3D CFD.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end requirements development, design, analysis, test, qualification, and lifecycle management.
• Perform hand calculations and straightforward CFD/FEA tasks.
• Lead hardware development from clean-sheet to high-rate production.
• Collaborate across teams to define interfaces and loads.
• Develop and execute test plans for hardware and analyze data.
• Support prototype to full-rate production balancing cost and performance.
• Flex across multiple disciplines as needed.

Skills

Axial compressor/turbine design

CFD & numerical methods

Blade/vane param & optimization

Python/MATLAB & CAD tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Master's or PhD preferred (turbomachinery PhD substitutes some experience)

Tools

SolidWorks

CATIA

NX/ProE

Job description

Airfoils-Staff Responsible Engineer

Location: San Francisco/Hybrid
Job Type: Contractor full-time, convertible to salaried full-time.
Pay range: $143,000/yr ($68.75/hr)
Shift: 1st Shift
Start Date: ASAP

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end requirements development, design, analysis, test, qualification, and lifecycle management.
• Perform hand calculations and straightforward FEA / CFD tasks.
• Take sole ownership of hardware development from clean-sheet through high-rate production across multiple components of the Parallax PE-10.
• Collaborate with other responsible engineers to define interface requirements and manage coupled interactions.
• Collaborate with analysts to derive loads, environments, and response characteristics of hardware across its operating envelope.
• Develop and execute test and qualification plans for hardware.
• Analyze test and qualification data to derive margins and iterate on designs.
• Collaborate with production to develop and execute prototype, low-rate, and full-rate production while balancing performance, cost, and complexity.
• Flex across multiple disciplines and scopes as necessary.

Scope & Ownership

Owns the aerodynamic design of axial-compressor and turbine airfoils across the engine: transonic, mid- and final-stage compressor blades & vanes; compressor-turbine (CT) and power-turbine (PT) blades & vanes; and PT / mid-turbine-frame flowpath. Two scopes – transonic compressor blades and power-turbine blades – are Staff-RE leads. Crossover is encouraged: compressorturbine aero, aeroaeromechanics, aerosecondary-air.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Master's or PhD preferred (a turbomachinery PhD can substitute for some experience).

Experience

• 4-8 years of turbomachinery aerodynamic design or a turbomachinery PhD plus ~2 years.
• 3+ years of blade/vane aerodynamic design from 1D meanline through 3D CFD.
• Rig and/or engine test experience (instrumentation, data reduction, correlation).
• Aeromechanics / aeroelasticity exposure desirable.

Skill Requirements

• Axial compressor and/or turbine aerodynamic design (1D / 2D / 3D).
• CFD and numerical methods; loss, secondary-flow and tip-clearance modeling.
• Blade/vane parameterization and design optimization.
• Python and/or MATLAB; 2D/3D CAD (SolidWorks, CATIA, NX/ProE, etc.).

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.