Turbine Durability Engineer

The Senior Hot Section Durability Engineer is a technical leader responsible for ensuring combustor and turbine gas-path components meet time-on-wing, repairability, and Hot Section Refurbishment Interval (HSRI) requirements while maintaining performance, fuel efficiency, manufacturability, and cost goals. This role spans the full product life cycle—from early concept design and optimization through development engine testing, certification, field support, and aftermarket engineering. Hot Section Durability Engineers design and assess advanced high-temperature hardware such as turbine airfoils, blade outer air seals (BOAS), combustor liner panels, and cast heat exchangers. Key Responsibilities Lead durability strategy for turbine and combustor components, ensuring compliance with time-on-wing , repairability , and HSRI targets. Responsible for design and assessment of turbine airfoils, BOAS, combustor liners including internal cooling schemes, film cooling technologies, thermal barrier coatings, and advanced materials. Develop and execute analyses of varying complexity, including: Mechanical, time-dependent damage predictions (creep, oxidation, TBC spallation, TMF). Full conjugate heat transfer (CHT) and coupled aerothermal-structural simulations. Reduced-order empirical models and 1D thermal models for rapid design iteration. Evaluate the durability impact of complex internal cores , cooling geometries, and advanced manufacturing processes. Conduct and lead root-cause investigations using new, returned, and repaired hardware to understand field performance, distress progression, and failure mechanisms. Provide technical leadership in design reviews, safety boards, and program milestones; mentor junior engineers on durability methods and best practices. Support manufacturing and supply chain by understanding process capabilities, anticipated variability, and implications for durability and quality. Develop and refine internal tools, models, and methodologies to accelerate durability assessments and improve prediction fidelity. The Senior Hot Section Durability Engineer is a technical leader responsible for ensuring combustor and turbine gas-path components meet time-on-wing, repairability, and Hot Section Refurbishment Interval (HSRI) requirements while maintaining performance, fuel efficiency, manufacturability, and cost goals. This role spans the full product life cycle—from early concept design and optimization through development engine testing, certification, field support, and aftermarket engineering. Hot Section Durability Engineers design and assess advanced high-temperature hardware such as turbine airfoils, blade outer air seals (BOAS), combustor liner panels, and cast heat exchangers. Key Responsibilities Lead durability strategy for turbine and combustor components, ensuring compliance with time-on-wing , repairability , and HSRI targets. Responsible for design and assessment of turbine airfoils, BOAS, combustor liners including internal cooling schemes, film cooling technologies, thermal barrier coatings, and advanced materials. Develop and execute #J-18808-Ljbffr