Thermofluids Engineer

Rolls-Royce is a leading company known for its innovation in engineering and manufacturing. The Thermofluids Engineer will be responsible for defining, analyzing, and validating thermo-fluid systems, ensuring compliance with requirements and supporting product development and in-service support.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements for thermo-fluid systems and thermo-mechanical analysis, ensuring an accurate and complete flow-down and capture of higher-level requirements pertaining to each thermofluid system
• Define concepts for all thermofluid systems that meet requirements and evaluate using appropriate analytical methods to support accurate trades at platform and powerplant level and optimized concept downselect
• Integrate thermo-fluid systems through interaction with all adjacent areas across the organization so that thermofluid systems are optimized in ways that support optimum deployment of other, complimentary systems and components
• Perform technical analysis of thermo-fluid system functionality, and temperature and thermo-mechanical analysis at whole-engine, sub-system and component level, using appropriate methods and tools and to a level of fidelity commensurate with each stage of the product lifecycle
• Perform appropriate verification and validation activity to ensure that requirements have been correctly written and that all Thermofluid related aspects of the powerplant (including thermofluid systems and temperature and thermo-mechanical modelling) meet expectation
• Manage the technical approval of all thermofluid systems and temperature and thermo-mechanical modelling through to certification and / or qualification, including process compliance checking, model auditing and documentation approval and retention
• Support the product in-service as required. This may include but is not limited to on-going technical analysis, root-cause-analysis and resolution, and in-service modifications
• Define and conduct capability acquisition, development and application relating to people, process, methods, tools, knowledge management and technology. This may be conducted internally or externally and may involve securing internal or external funding

Skills

• Associates degree in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics with 3+ years' experience in thermodynamics, gas dynamics, fluid mechanics and/or engine design
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics with 1+ years' experience in thermodynamics, gas dynamics, fluid mechanics and/or engine design
• A Master's degree in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics
• A PhD in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics
• Eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance, which requires USA Citizenship
• An ability to apply logical, analytical and innovative thinking to a range of technical problems
• Proactive, persistent and customer focused with a high level of self-motivation and initiative, and able to stand-alone
• Effective interpersonal, communication and coaching skills essential for liaising with peers and supervision
• Experience in a thermal, mechanical, Fluid Systems or closely related discipline is desirable but not essential
• Normally holding associate membership of a relevant professional body and working towards Chartered status
• Proficiency in computer programming language such as FORTRAN, Visual Basic, and/or C++
• Experience in thermodynamics, gas dynamics, fluid mechanics and/or engine design
• Experience in heat transfer/thermals modelling and analysis
• Experience in gas turbine secondary air system, oil system, fuel system or thermal management system design, modeling, and analysis
• Experience with Thermofluid Systems analysis tools (SPAN, SC03, AMESim, Simscape, Fluent, STAR-CCM+, NPSS)
• Experience with workflow automation (Preliminary System Design and/or Component Design Systems)
• Experience in gas-turbine engine development / production / overhaul test analysis and troubleshooting

Benefits

• Bonus
• Employee support assistance
• Employee discounts
• Health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• Certain paid holidays
• Paid parental and family care leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Long-term incentive plan

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