Join a team recognized for leadership, innovation and diversityOutstanding opportunity for a mechanical Engineer with thermal management & APU experience interested in joining the Rocky Research team.
This position requires an individual with prior experience to support the following tasks:
• Perform professional mechanical engineering assignments such as heat transfer and secondary cooling flow analyses without appreciable supervision.
• Conceive, design and execute complex cooling schemes to increase component durability with minimum impact to engine and/or system performance.
• Create and calibrate 2D and 3D transient conduction-convection thermal models using NX thermal or equivalent software.
• Support the development, build & testing of APUs in preparation for end customer delivery.
• Knowledge and experience applying DFSS methodology for design optimization.
• Plans and supports engine thermal survey testing and data postprocessing for thermal model calibration, engine certification, Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) efforts.
• Effectively manage complex projects involving multiple organizations to successfully complete all assignments.
• Support continuous process improvement projects within the organization.
• Communicate technical results to internal and external customers
U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization.
You Must Have:
• Bachelors degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• Minimum of 3+ years experience in thermal fluid sciences
• Due to export control regulations, this position requires US citizenship or green card holder.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English
• Experience in the design & modeling of thermal systems
We Value:
• MS/PhD Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering is a plus
• Advanced understanding of heat transfer including derivation of boundary conditions (heat transfer coefficients, adiabatic wall temperatures, heat generation), application of thermal boundary conditions, and running of thermal analytical models
• Advanced understanding of fluid dynamics
• Basic knowledge of using CAD tools to generate and manipulate geometry
• Knowledge of the trends in high heat flux heat transfer systems, phase change material based thermal energy storage and two-phase flow cooling
• Experience in design and build of experimental facilities
• Experience in data acquisition, analysis, and reporting
• Excellent understanding of the principles, challenges, and tradeoffs of thermal energy storage systems
• Effectively work in a self-directed team environment to deliver customers requirements on time
• Strong teamwork skills, able to work in variety of team roles within cross-functional team
• Must be dedicated to customer satisfaction and demonstrated the capability to establish and maintain strong business and personal relationships with customers and co-workers
• Must have strong written and oral communication skill
