Lead Mechanical Design Engineer

The staffing solutions division of GDKN is a leading provider of end-to-end solutions in the temporary staffing space. With companies across the globe laying critical emphasis on their human resources management, demand for temporary staffing is rapidly growing because it improves focus on core/critical activities and can be adapted to the seasonal nature of business, addresses business uncertainties and the demand for rapid growth. In short, temporary staffing creates a very nimble human capital platform which allows organizations to maximize their productivity and flexibility at all times.

GDKN is one of the very few minority business enterprises in North America that has the status of Preferred vendor with world’s largest corporations in various industries including:

• Electric
• Gas
• Telephone Utilities
• Manufacturing
• Defense
• Banking/Financial,
• Information Technology
• Healthcare/Pharmaceutical

Having worked with a multitude of the world’s largest clients, GDKN has gained significant expertise in providing staffing solutions which are specifically targeted to meet our client’s unique needs with a highly innovative tactical and strategic approach and extensive capabilities for scalability and flexibility.

Our staffing solutions focus on every detailed aspect of a business and ensure that you have the perfect talent for your critical business needs. We keep adapting and expanding to ensure that we always surpass our client’s expectations.

Our staffing solutions division has access to an unparalleled pool of candidates from which our dedicated team rigorously screen and evaluate to ensure ideal human resources are identified for our client’s unique needs. Our dedicated team is the group of certified experts many of which have years of experience in their related field of expertise.

We do not just focus on finding the perfect talent for our clients; we allow them to focus on growing their business and achieving their goals by ensuring that we adhere to the strictest labor compliance standards.

Our activities are compliant with the laws prevailing in the countries and municipalities we do business in and our team of labor law experts ensures that your organization is compliant with all current applicable labor regulations. Labor Law Compliance Management is an important component of our business which we continue to keep as a top priority.

With over 20 years in the staffing industry, highly customizable staffing solutions, unparalleled sourcing methodology and global capabilities, we are uniquely equipped to identify the right talent for your organization. GDKN will provide your organization with the flexibility to staff up or down, depending on your business needs.

Job Description

Pre-Screen Questions:

1. Do you have 10+ years’ experience working with overall gas-turbine engine architecture and design, including at least 5 years’ experience with the Fan & Compressor module?

2. Do you have 5+ years’ experience supporting requirements definition, verification and validation related to (1)?

3. Do you have 5+ years’ experience supporting gas-turbine engine certification and qualification activities in (1)?

Required Skills and Background:

• 10+ years' experience with overall engine function, w/ 5+ years' experience in engine cold section (Fan and Compressor).

• 5+ years' demonstrating knowledge of design criteria, practices, and guidelines for engine cold section, with a focus on mechanical and structural requirements.

• 5+ years' experience demonstrating familiarity with regulatory agency criteria and guidelines, including military and FAA standards related to engine cold section.

• 3+ years' experience demonstrating ability to lead Fan and Compressor team and collaborate with other functional groups, SMEs, and Chiefs to develop new design .criteria and guidelines based on emerging requirements.

• 5+ years experience demonstrating ability to perform structural and mechanical analyses of components and sub-assemblies as well as various trade-off studies between existing & new criteria.

• 3+ years' experience demonstrating familiarity with testing, validation and verification of Fans and compressors.

• 3+ years' experience demonstrating customer facing support (communication, presentation experience,etc.)

Additional Information

Key Objectives:

• Investigate and identify opportunities for tailoring engine component design requirements.

• Focus on evaluation of "cold-section" engine components such as Fan, Axial Compressor and Centrifugal compressor.

• Estimate level of savings in terms of reduced design criteria, reduced cost, reduced manpower and reduced schedule.

Technical Approach:

• Conduct search of literature and propose alignment of component design methods to regulatory compliance.

• Conduct impact analysis of tailoring design criteria.

• Demonstrate testing and validation methods.

• Update design criteria and models.

Key Deliverables:

• Summarize findings from literature and regulatory review.

• Identify potential candidate efforts.

• Perform preliminary impact analysis.