Lead Engineer, Materials Durability & High-Temp Life

GE Aerospace; Town of Niskayuna (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Aerospace Research in Niskayuna, NY seeks a Lead Engineer to advance material mechanics and durability. You will design and coordinate experiments, translate results into constitutive models, and help develop life-prediction methods for fatigue, creep and fracture of advanced materials.

You will test aerospace materials (CMCs, nickel-based superalloys, coatings), develop models in ANSYS, and work with design teams to create component lifing methods.

Qualifications

• PhD in mechanical engineering or MS with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Willingness to work at the Niskayuna, NY office/lab.
• Strong expertise in mechanics and materials testing is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical testing of aerospace materials (CMCs, nickel-based superalloys, coatings).
• Develop material constitutive models and implement them in numerical tools such as ANSYS.
• Develop failure criteria for material systems and various failure modes.
• Collaborate with design teams and internal customers on test plans and lifing methods.

Skills

Engineering mechanics

Fracture mechanics

Finite element analysis

Education

PhD in mechanical engineering

MS in mechanical engineering

Tools

MTS

Instron

ANSYS

Job description

GE Aerospace Research in Niskayuna, NY seeks a Lead Engineer to advance material mechanics and durability. You will design and coordinate experiments, translate results into constitutive models, and help develop life-prediction methods for fatigue, creep and fracture of advanced materials.

You will test aerospace materials (CMCs, nickel-based superalloys, coatings), develop models in ANSYS, and work with design teams to create component lifing methods.