Lead Turbine Design Engineer: AI-Driven CFD & Multiphysics

Honeywell Aerospace; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Lead Turbine Design Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and testing of turbine components, including blades and vanes, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with global partners to integrate AI with CFD and multi-physics tools.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, 10+ years in turbine design, and a proven leadership track.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in turbine component design and analysis; minimum 6+ years with a PhD in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in multi-discipline engineering tasks associated with the design, development, and testing of turbine components, particularly turbine blades and vanes.
• Lead in conceiving new and innovative concepts for turbine components cooling schemes, to minimize cooling flow requirements while achieving highly durable design.
• Champion turbine design system continuous improvement initiatives, through lessons learned, best practices, and comparative benchmarking, to achieve design cycle time reduction and development cost reduction.
• Lead engine test activities pertinent to turbine components validation and qualification, selecting instrumentation, creating test plan and participating in engine test activities.
• Participate in and contribute to development of Physics-AI models and surrogate models to accelerate engineering workflows for CFD, thermal analysis.
• Responsible for working with associated enterprise project engineers and product chiefs to support development of new growth engines as well as supporting existing fielded engines.
• Drive the development and implementation of strategies in support of the Turbines department’s vision and objectives, ultimately supporting Honeywell Aerospace vision and objectives. Be recognized by the business management as primary technical authority.
• Communicate technical results to internal, external customers and senior stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers in the team.

Skills

CFD

AI in engineering

Turbine design

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

PhD in related field

Tools

STARCCM+

Job description

Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Lead Turbine Design Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and testing of turbine components, including blades and vanes, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with global partners to integrate AI with CFD and multi-physics tools.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, 10+ years in turbine design, and a proven leadership track.