Gas Turbine Combustion Engineering Lead

Siemens Energy; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Supportive work culture

Health and wellness benefits

Paid time off and holidays

401K with company match

Family building benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy seeks a Combustion Lead to drive design and development of low-emission gas turbine combustion systems. You’ll lead a multidisciplinary team, influence global engineering efforts, and coordinate with stakeholders from manufacturing, NPD, procurement, and program management.

You will advance decarbonization goals by delivering innovative hardware and leading technical programs, while ensuring alignment with PDP and project milestones across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 5+ years of combustion design experience leading R&D initiatives involving product development, analysis, testing and manufacturing.
• Experience with STAR-CCM+, COMSOL and any heat transfer tools.
• Strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills with a proactive, structured, and customer‑focused mindset.
• Willingness to travel up to 15% for project work, shop support, and global collaboration.
• Experience with SAP, Teamcenter, and basic programming or data analysis (Python, Excel VBA, SQL) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Technical input to the current fleet and next generation combustion systems.
• Develop the technical Product Design Specification / Project Description (PDS/PB) based on the PRS.
• Report project status to Engineering Management and escalate critical issues in a timely manner (technical, commercial, quality, or schedule-related).
• Represent Engineering in both internal and external customer communications, including reports and meetings.
• Serve as the technical project lead and primary engineering contact for development programs, with responsibility for team disciplines, milestones, and budgets.
• Developing next-generation combustion hardware that supports Siemens Energy’s decarbonization goals while adhering to the Product Development Process (PDP).

Skills

Combustion design

Leadership

Team collaboration

SAP/Teamcenter experience

Python/SQL/Excel VBA

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering

Tools

STAR-CCM+

COMSOL

SAP

Teamcenter

Python

Excel VBA

Job description

Siemens Energy seeks a Combustion Lead to drive design and development of low-emission gas turbine combustion systems. You’ll lead a multidisciplinary team, influence global engineering efforts, and coordinate with stakeholders from manufacturing, NPD, procurement, and program management.

You will advance decarbonization goals by delivering innovative hardware and leading technical programs, while ensuring alignment with PDP and project milestones across disciplines.