Aircraft Performance Staff Engineer

GE Aerospace • Blue Ash, OH • 7h ago

Job Description Summary

As an Aircraft Performance Engineer within the GE Aerospace Defense & Systems business, you will help engine designers to create competitive architectures by working at the intersection of aircraft design and engine design. By modeling both existing platforms and new platforms, you will become a strategic partner for our customers by ensuring that propulsion investment remains focused on providing transformational aircraft capability. Your work will directly influence product strategy, engine designs and sales campaigns. You will have opportunity to model rotorcraft, fixed-wing, subsonic, and supersonic aircraft across a wide range of mission capabilities.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

Aircraft Performance Engineer responsibilities include:

Define aircraft performance studies to assess mission capability of new aircraft and engine concepts

Create current and future aircraft models with GE / partner engines and competitor engines

Lead and execute mission analysis (fuel burn, payload, and range) studies for current and future aircraft with GE / partner engines and competitor engines

Provide key results / conclusions to engineering, engine product line, and marketing / sales peers & leadership

Support GE product strategy / design development through assessment of potential future aircraft/engine performance capability

Collaborate with senior leadership to shape strategy

Support GE / airframer engine technical requirements development (thrust, offtakes, constraints, etc...)

Support GE / partner engine design & optimization through aircraft/engine performance assessments

Provide aircraft / engine integration and optimization support

Interact effectively with airframer contacts regarding performance and integration

Participate on cross functional industry teams

Develop tools and processes to execute aircraft and integration analysis

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited University or College.

Atleast 5 years of experience in an aerospace or mechanical engineering position.

This role requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship.

Desired Characteristics:

Master of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited University or College

Excited about the intersection of aircraft design and engine design

Interested in both rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft design

5+ years of rotorcraft and/or fixed-wing aircraft design experience

Able to work collaboratively in both a dynamic team environment and independently

Strong interpersonal, leadership, & influencing skills

Strong oral and written communication skills

Superior networking skills

Current US security clearance

Experience with aircraft design and sizing, and with mission analysis in either fixed-wing or rotorcraft.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\EEOC\KnowYourRights\10\20.pdf) . 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. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity 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.

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