Senior Engineer - Component Heat Transfer - GE Aerospace Research

Job Description Summary

GE Aerospace Research, nestled in the heart of New York's Capital District, builds on over 125 years of industrial research heritage to deliver breakthrough technologies. Our Component Heat Transfer Group pioneers advanced thermal management solutions for today's jet engines, and we're looking for a Senior Engineer who thrives on turning novel cooling concepts into validated prototypes. If you're driven by hands on experimentation, predictive modeling, and cross functional collaboration and ready to shape the future of engine performance, apply today to join our team.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

As the Senior Engineer in Component Heat Transfer, you will:

• Drive Thermal Innovation: Conceive and implement advanced cooling strategies for gas turbine elements: designing, fabricating, and testing subscale mock-ups, cooling passages, and full-scale hardware.
• Lead Integrated Teams: Coordinate engineers, researchers, technicians, and external partners to advance component-level thermal solutions from feasibility studies through demonstration.
• Architect Test Systems: Design and commission bespoke rigs, instrumentation and data pipelines to capture high-fidelity thermal performance metrics that match the teams predicted results.
• Model & Validate: Develop predictive thermal models using the latest correlations and modeling methods; verify predictions via bench tests and in situ experiments.
• Roadmap & Funding: Define a multi-year technology roadmap; author compelling proposals and secure resources to sustain a pipeline of heat-transfer research and prototype development.
• Collaborate & Publish: Build relationships with academia, national labs, and industry; protect innovations through patents and disseminate findings at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.
• Mentor Future Engineers: Coach early-career staff in thermal design principles, instrumentation best practices, and test methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related field with a minimum of 8 years of experience or M.S. with 10 years of experience.
• Demonstrated success solving component-scale thermal challenges in aerospace or power systems.
• Proven leadership of cross-functional test and design teams in a lab or research setting.
• Track record of external partnerships: securing grants, joint projects, or sponsored research.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with senior leaders and customers with clarity and confidence .
• Familiarity with turbine gas engines and their thermal control systems.
• Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY.
• Due to the nature of the duties of this position, this role requires the individual to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship.

Desired Characteristics

• 10+ years of work experience in an industrial or laboratory setting.
• Direct knowledge of propulsions applications, hybrid-electric systems, electronics cooling, space power, or high-speed flight vehicles.
• Familiarity with additive manufacturing processes for heat-transfer hardware and rapid prototyping techniques.
• Experience with multi-physics simulation tools for integrated thermal-structural studies. ANSYS, COMSOL, Fluent, CFX, OpenFOAM, NPSS, MATLAB Simscape, MATLAB Simulink, Modelica, PROOSIS, GT-Suite, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of model verification and validation, model calibration, and uncertainty quantification.
• Experience developing custom engineering models, data reduction and visualization in languages such as EES, MATLAB, Python, Fortran, C++, etc.
• Expertise in test execution: testing components and/or fluid-thermal systems: component level design, fabricating, testing, commissioning, and operation of fluid-thermal systems and their associated test enabling sub-systems.
• Experience with data acquisition hardware and software, such as NI LabVIEW, DEWESoft, Cyres, and process PLCs and knowledge in specifying, installing, calibrating, and troubleshooting common instrumentation for mechanical, fluid, and electrical systems.

The base pay range for this position is $100,000 - $205,000 USD Annually. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on October 30th, 2025.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants.

Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

Additional Job Description

Compensation Grade

SPB3

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes