Thermals & Clearances Engineer

Company Description

The Ansaldo Energia Group is one of the world's leading power generation companies. Its core business is the supply and service of components and technological solutions for power generation with rotating machines. The company designs and manufactures turbines and generators, and provides service and continuous improvement. Headquartered in Genoa, the Group employs more than 3,300 people and has a strong international presence with more than 30 offices around the world. Ansaldo Energia is one of the leading players in the transformation and decarbonisation of power generation. Its turbogas fleet is already capable of burning between 40 and 70 per cent hydrogen, with the aim of reaching 100 per cent by 2030.

Position

Your focus is to design, develop and validate our gas turbine power trains and contribute to shaping the power generation landscape.

Your tasks:

• Develop the whole engine model of our Gas Turbine to evaluate thermo-mechanical behavior during different transient mission cycles taking into account the efficiency of the engine;
• Iterate with other teams like Thermal Integration, Compressor and Turbine to check the inputs for the mission cycles;
• Support design solutions of blades, vanes and structural elements in terms of clearances and thermal behavior;
• Iterate with Mechanical Integrity team to support the lifing assessments of rotor and casings;
• Develop new automated numerical methods and tools supplying thermal input for lifetime assessments as well as for clearance evaluations
• Perform processing and evaluation of test results;
• Take responsibility for technical documentation as well as for presenting analysis results within the expert community;
• Support the development of tools and methods.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering with background on Fluid dynamics and heat transfer mechanisms;
• Preferably at least 3 years’ experience in turbomachinery design;
• Basic knowledge of gas and steam turbine architecture and operation;
• Basic knowledge of the main parameters that define the transient thermo-mechanical behavior of the engine;
• Knowledge of NX/ANSYS or similar tools for 1D, 2D, 3D multiphysics analysis;
• Knowledge on programming languages Python and C++
• High focus on producing high quality results and documentation;
• Critical thinking, problem solving & analytical skills;
• Strong communication skills & experience in working in multidisciplinary teams;
• Excellent command of English;
• Availability to travel globally (occasionally, 10% max).

Other information

Your benefit with us

Working with passionate people • Participating in environmental sustainability • Challenging work • Attractive and exciting products • Interaction with international colleagues • Flexible working conditions • Place of work in a beautiful small city rich in culture and history in the heart of Switzerland, close to the metropoles like Zurich and Basel.

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