Description

Thermals & Clearances Engineer

Thermals & Clearances Engineer

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;
  • knowledge of gas and steam turbine architecture and operation;
  • 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 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.
  • Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG
    Haselstrasse 18
    5400 Baden
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