Component Design Engineer - Gas Turbine / Thermo Fluid

Siemens Energy, Inc.; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Supportive work culture

Company health benefits

Paid Time Off and holidays

401K with company match

Family building benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy, Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to contribute to turbine hot gas path thermal design and advanced CHT methodologies. You will refine CFD/FEA workflows and support engine testing, collaborating with global experts in a fast-paced IPT environment.

The role requires a mechanical/aerospace/materials engineering degree with thermo-fluid focus and 5+ years of FEA/CFD/CAD experience, including Conjugate Heat Transfer. Global collaboration and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in mechanical, aerospace or materials engineering with thermo-fluid focus.
• 5+ years of experience with FEA, CFD and CAD, with strong Conjugate Heat Transfer knowledge.
• Industrial experience in turbo-machinery, turbine hot gas path thermal design, or related fields.
• Solid understanding of heat transfer fundamentals as applied to engineering problems.
• Proficient in computation and programming (e.g., APDL, Python).

Responsibilities

• Design turbine hot gas path components with thermal analyses and designs emphasizing efficiency, life, robustness, and manufacturability.
• Improve tools landscape and automation, exploring AI/ML opportunities and enhancing analysis fidelity.
• Advance 3D Conjugate Heat Transfer thermal design methods for new engines and upgrades.
• Support engine and component testing by defining test requirements, predictions and post-test analyses.

Skills

FEA

CFD

CAD

Conjugate Heat Transfer

Python

Education

Mechanical/Aerospace/Materials Engineering degree with thermo-fluid focus

Tools

APDL

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Power the future of energy while accelerating your engineering career. Join a team at the forefront of industrial gas turbine innovation, where you'll tackle complex technical challenges, collaborate with global experts, and help develop technologies that keep the world running. If you're driven by problem-solving, cutting-edge engineering, and continuous growth, you'll find no shortage of opportunities to make your mark and see your ideas come to life.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• You will contribute to design of turbine hot gas path components, providing critical thermal analyses, evaluations and designs achieving state-of-the-art performance in terms of efficiency, component life, robustness, and manufacturability.
• You will contribute to the continuous improvement of the tools landscape, including classical heat transfer specific tools, tool chains, and automated workflows, through utilization of tools and data reduction activities, providing ideas for improvement in functionality, efficiency, analysis fidelity, including identification of AI/ML opportunities and subsequent follow‑on support.
• You will specifically contribute to the advancement of Conjugate Heat Transfer 3D thermal design methodology through application to components required for new engines, upgrades, and technical issues, along with identification of new CHT implementation approaches and application methodologies.
• You will contribute to vital engine and component testing, critical for validation of designs, analyses, and tools, by providing engine test and validation requirements, preparing test predictions and performing post‑test data reduction and analyses.

What You Bring

• University degree in mechanical, aerospace, or materials engineering, with a focus thermo-fluid science
• 5+ years experience with FEA, CFD, and CAD, with strong familiarity of Conjugate Heat Transfer
• Industrial and practical experience with turbo-machinery, turbine hot gas path component thermal design, fluid systems, or similar applications
• Strong knowledge of heat transfer discipline fundamentals
• Computational and programming skills proficiency (e.g. APDL, python)
• Comfortable in a global and dynamic, fast‑paced Integrated Product Team environment
• Must be highly motivated, proactive, self‑directed, and innovative
• Exceptional inter‑personal and communication skills
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without the need for Siemens Energy sponsorship
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US without the need for current or future employer sponsored work authorization.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low‑emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150‑year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards/Benefits

• Career growth and development opportunities
• Supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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