THERMAL ENGINEERING LEAD

THERMAL ENGINEERING LEAD 

East Hartford, CT

Engineering - Mechanical

EXP 5-7 yrs

DEG Bach

RELO

BONUS

TRAVEL

Job Description.

 Essential Job Functions:

• Build and develop a team to execute Heat Transfer analysis out of East Hartford, CT

• Use computational tools to perform thermal and CFD analysis for gas turbine components and turbomachinery for our customer in East Hartford, CT

o Geometry and mesh preparation

o Model setup and analysis

• Manage projects using defined project management practices 

• Set up and monitor analysis runs

• Post-process and prepare high-quality presentations of results

• Prepare and present reports on findings

• Document all work according to customer requirements 

• Interface with internal and customer technical points of contact throughout the duration of the assigned tasks

• Interact with engineering customers to understand and realize new opportunities

Secondary Job Functions:

We often challenge our team members to temporarily work outside the scope of their primary job functions to broaden their skills and help the organization. Some of these roles and opportunities include:

• Execution within multiple services

• Project Management: Execution and Support

• Technical Leadership and Technical Reviews

• Develop work instructions to ensure repeatability

• Personnel Management

• Onboarding and Professional Development: collaborate and mentor team members

• Cross-functional teams

• Geographic re-assignments

• Account Management and Sales

• Enabler roles, such as Human Resources, Technology Development, and IT

• Quality Management and Continuous Improvement

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering or equivalent

o GPA > 3.2

• 5-10 years of experience

• Understanding of jet engine components and their functions

• Able to work independently and in teams 

• Strong skills in applied aerodynamics and heat transfer

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Strong skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Experience with Thermal FEA tools required (e.g. ANSYS, PATRAN, Pthermal, etc.)

• Experience with CFD tools is a plus (e.g. ANSYS CFD, Fluent, etc.)

• Understanding of Programming Logic required; to create macros and sub-routines (e.g., FORTRAN, C/C++, Perl, VBA, ANSYS APDL)

• Project Management experience is a plus

Personal Work Attributes

• Familiarity or interest with the gas turbine industry preferred

• Self-motivated, disciplined, passionate, and organized

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Core Value Alignment:

Customer Focus: Strive to exceed our customers’ expectations each and every time

Teamwork: Draw strength from teamwork / collaboration irrespective of geographical, organizational, and cultural boundaries.  

Accountability: We shall be quality conscious, process disciplined and strive for continuous improvement.

Change Championship: The speed at which we adapt is critical to our success.  

Our continued success is based on the sustained alignment to the core values. Please be prepared to discuss the alignment of your personal values to these core values.

Typical Career Paths

• Technical Leadership: provide technical guidance, review other team members’ work, evaluate capabilities, develop team competencies, develop and improve technical processes, create technical collateral, and create technical tools.

• Managerial Leadership: project management, personnel management, alignment of team members’ efforts, set and evaluates annual goals, performance feedback, hire and onboard, and strategic business decision-making.

• We are a rapidly growing world-wide company with a need for future global engineering leaders in our operations and sales organizations. Potential future roles could include operational business unit leader, global sales leader, or technical service line leader.  

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

Examples:

• Mostly Office Environments. Occasional Shop Floor involvement

• Substantial amounts of telephone and computer work.  

• Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.

• Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.

• Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9 AM to 4 PM

• Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations.

• Due to the nature of the work, all candidates must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.

• Familiarity or interest with the gas turbine industry preferred

• Self-motivated, disciplined, passionate, and organized

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills