Performance Engineer – Heat Transfer
Caterpillar Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Chennai • 🇮🇳 India
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
PythonVBA
About the role
- Actively apply principles, theories, and concepts with their engineering and analytical skills working in a tight-knit team
- Propose, promote, and act on their own initiative and ideas
- Be highly engaged in team discussions and brainstorming activities
- Work effectively in inter/intra-disciplinary team settings
Requirements
- Advanced degree with emphasis in thermal/fluid systems
- 3+ years experience with a leading gas turbine OEM or equivalent experience
- Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing; and bring assigned tasks to clear and concise closure
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and with minimal supervision
- Thorough knowledge of advanced heat transfer design and experimental techniques
- Direct experience applying advanced cooling/thermal management technology to high temperature turbomachinery
- Understanding of turbine secondary flow design and 1D flow network analysis
- Demonstrated ability to validate analytical models (steady-state and transient 2D/3D thermal FEA, CFD) with experimental test data
- Availability to travel to San Diego for training for a minimum period of three months
- Understanding of turbine secondary flow design and 1D flow network analysis
- Experience with engine qualification testing, including pressure and temperature measurements
- 5+ years of experience applying Heat Transfer expertise to the design and analysis of high-temperature turbomachinery
- Experience with the following software tools is highly desirable: ANSYS Mechanical APDL, Workbench, or equivalent CFD Applications: CFX or Star CCM+ Pro-Engineer, NX, or other 3D CAD application equivalent 1-D flow network simulation tools Process automation using Python, VBA or equivalent
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
thermal systemsfluid systemsheat transfer designexperimental techniquescooling technologythermal management1D flow network analysisthermal FEACFDengine qualification testing
Soft skills
communicationinitiativeteamworkautonomyproblem-solvingengagementbrainstormingcollaborationanalytical skillstask closure