A Power Solutions Client of Insight Global is looking to hire a Gas Turbine Airfoil Design Engineer to their team in Sedalia, MO to join the Engineering team. The Gas Turbine Airfoil Design Engineer researches, plans, and re-engineers mechanical and electromechanical products and systems, and directs and coordinates activities involved in fabrication, operation, application, installation, and repair of mechanical or electromechanical products and systems. They will be responsible for Re-Engineering Gas Turbines to then manufacture and re-brand for new Engines. Additionally they will design gas turbine airfoils for aeroderivative turbines – blades and vanes (or nozzles) for both turbine and compressor parts.
Required Skills & Experience
5-10+ Years of Experience as an Mechanical Engineer in the Gas Turbine Manufacturing space
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field
ANSYS Experience for Analysis
Soildworks Experience for Software Engineering
Experience with LM 6000 Gas Turbines – Aero Derivative Gas Turbine
Air Foil Experience (Airfoil or Blades – rotating parts in the Turbine)
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Leadership Experience
Understand and design to mitigate “negative aero damping”
Experience with Static Turbine parts (Vains, Nozzles, Shrouds)
Proficient in the use of various MS Office Suite programs
Experience with or re-designing tip shroud dampers and mid span dampers as appropriate