Distinguished Staff Engineer – Aeroacoustics Advanced Methods

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, theoretical, and practical activities related to aerodynamics and acoustics, particularly as these activities relate to gas turbine engine analysis and design.
• Perform conceptual, theoretical, and practical activities related to computational fluid dynamics, computational aero-acoustics, and machine learning, particularly as these activities relate to gas turbine engine analysis and design.
• Extend activities to aid global design engineering teams in the design, testing, and life-extension processes for gas turbine engines.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Lead cross-functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Lead others, both within and external to the business, to find creative solutions using complex design and analysis processes with technical variety and/or interdependent cycles.
• Employ sophisticated operational/product management or engineering techniques.
• Ensure delivery within area of responsibility, linking with other parts of the organization.
• Lead strategy for the development, validation, and execution of advanced methods for aerodynamics and acoustic disciplines.
• Influence business high-performance computing hardware strategy and policy.
• Utilize understanding of industry trends to inform decision making processes.
• Develop talent and expertise in aerodynamic and acoustic methods by providing professional or thought leadership.
• Interact with adjacent global disciplines in software development, aeromechanics, dynamics, combustion, and mechanical design to solve issues. 
• Collaboratively evaluate quality of information received and question conflicting data for analysis.
• Employ multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at decisions.
• Influence peers to act and negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers.
• Present business or technical discipline solutions to senior leaders and engine systems owners.
• Communicate complex messages and negotiate mainly internally with others to adopt a different point of view.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 20+ years of professional experience in aerodynamics, acoustics, computational fluid dynamics, and/or machine learning disciplines

Desired Characteristics

• Doctoral degree from an accredited university or college.
• Demonstrated expertise in aerodynamics, acoustics, computational fluid dynamics, and/or machine learning.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams in complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop technical talent.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external partners and customers.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve complicate scientific problems.
• Demonstrated ability to execute complex programs / projects.
• Established project management skills.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute ideas and programs.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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