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Sr. Gas Turbine Design Engineer

Experience
5–6 yrs
Location
San Diego, California, Relocation $$ Available
Job type
Full-Time
Salary
$180,000–$230,000 / year
Posted
today

About the role

The Sr. Gas Turbine Design Engineer will lead complex gas turbine design and development initiatives, providing technical direction across cross-functional teams and supporting design acceptance, manufacturing producibility, validation, and operational issue resolution. The role requires a degree and approximately 5–6 years of experience, including gas turbine design, technical or project leadership, and ownership of design or product projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional teams by providing technical expertise, direction, and engineering support for complex gas turbine components, systems, and products.
  • Lead new designs and coordinate the resolution of manufacturing or operational issues affecting complex components and systems.
  • Own design acceptance, manufacturing producibility, and validation activities for assigned designs and products.
  • Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.
  • Develop and maintain enterprise technology roadmaps that support long-term engineering and product objectives.
  • Drive process improvements focused on efficiency, cost reduction, quality improvement, and product performance.
  • Define and implement engineering procedures that make products and processes more reliable, efficient, and cost-effective.
  • Translate functional requirements into detailed design documents that support execution, review, and product solutions.
  • Lead collaboration across the enterprise and with external stakeholders to provide product solutions.
  • Provide technical guidance to teams and management while supporting best practices and standard work for engineering activities.

Required Qualifications

  • Degree required.
  • Approximately 5–6 years of relevant engineering experience.
  • Experience with gas turbine design.
  • Experience serving as a design lead, technical lead, or project lead.
  • Experience owning a design or product project.
  • Ability to provide technical expertise, direction, and engineering support for complex designs and systems.
  • Experience with design acceptance, manufacturing producibility, validation, and operational issue resolution.
  • Experience translating functional requirements into detailed design documents.

Benefits and Perks

  • Relocation assistance is available for the San Diego, California position.
  • Base salary range of $180,000–$230,000.

Skills

  • Gas Turbine Design
  • Design and Development
  • Manufacturing
  • Operational Issue Resolution
  • Design Acceptance
  • Manufacturing Producibility
  • Validation
  • Project Scope Development
  • Enterprise Technology Roadmaps
  • Process Improvements
  • Engineering Procedures
  • Functional Requirements
  • Detail Design Documents
  • Product Solutions
  • Technical Expertise
  • Engineering Support
  • Design/Product Project Ownership

Education

Required

  • Degree

Selection process

  1. Step 1

    Submitted

    Someone who fits the role and has told you they are interested, with their resume.

  2. Step 2

    Client interviews

  3. Step 3

    Selected

    If they qualify and are selected, your payout is due.