Thermals & Clearances Engineer

About the job

Your focus is to design, develop and validate our gas turbine power trains and contribute to shaping the power generation landscape.

Your tasks:

• Develop the whole engine model of our Gas Turbine to evaluate thermo-mechanical behavior during different transient mission cycles taking into account the efficiency of the engine;
• Iterate with other teams like Thermal Integration, Compressor and Turbine to check the inputs for the mission cycles;
• Support design solutions of blades, vanes and structural elements in terms of clearances and thermal behavior;
• Iterate with Mechanical Integrity team to support the lifing assessments of rotor and casings;
• Develop new automated numerical methods and tools supplying thermal input for lifetime assessments as well as for clearance evaluationsPerform processing and evaluation of test results;
• Take responsibility for technical documentation as well as for presenting analysis results within the expert community;
• Support the development of tools and methods.

Your profile

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering with background on Fluid dynamics and heat transfer mechanisms;
• Preferably at least 3 years’ experience in turbomachinery design;
• Basic knowledge of gas and steam turbine architecture and operation;
• Basic knowledge of the main parameters that define the transient thermo-mechanical behavior of the engine;
• Knowledge of NX/ANSYS or similar tools for 1D, 2D, 3D multiphysics analysis;
• Knowledge on programming languages Python and C++;
• High focus on producing high quality results and documentation;
• Critical thinking, problem solving & analytical skills;
• Strong communication skills & experience in working in multidisciplinary teams;
• Excellent command of English;
• Availability to travel globally (occasionally, 10% max).

Your benefit with us

• Working with passionate people
• Participating in environmental sustainability
• Challenging work
• Attractive and exciting products
• Interaction with international colleagues
• Flexible working conditions
• Place of work in a beautiful small city rich in culture and history in the heart of Switzerland, close to the metropoles like Zurich and Basel.