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Research Engineer – Material Mechanics and Durability – Aerospace Research
| Company | GE Aerospace |
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| Location | Schenectady, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $80000 – $150000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- PhD in degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related discipline or MS degree with 3 years of relevant experience is required.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
- Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Aerospace Research colleagues to identify and resolve technical challenges for high temperature testing of materials and constitutive modeling
- Collaborate Aerospace design communities in the development of component models, stress analysis and lifing methods Ceramic Matrix Composites, barrier coatings and superalloys.
- Develop and own technology roadmaps for various focus areas in computational and experimental mechanics.
- Participate in responding to government grants
- Provide guidance and direction across the group where necessary to grow the overall technical capability of the team.
- Serve as a technical resource to resolve key, short term high risk technical issues in technical focus areas.
- Deliver effective presentations, reports and publications to engineering staff, GE Aerospace and external agencies.
Preferred Qualifications
- In-depth knowledge of mechanical design and analysis methods.
- Experience in experimental test techniques (Nickel based superalloys and CMC materials).
- Domain knowledge in gas turbine design and gas turbine lifing technologies.
- Experience with ANSYS APDL and CAD/Meshing packages (UniGraphics, Pro-Engineer, Hypermesh etc.).
- Familiarity with high temperature experimental techniques, data acquisition systems, digital image correlation, acoustic emission technique, Infrared camera thermal measurements etc.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
