Senior Gas Turbine Performance Engineer AI Accelerated Engineering

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Senior Gas Turbine Performance Engineer: AI Accelerated Engineering

Why this role

If you love the rigor of thermodynamics and the satisfaction of making models match reality and youre excited about using modern AI tools to amplify engineering impact this role is built for you. Youll sit at the crossroads of engine physics product decisions and real operating data building performance models and software that influence everything from new product definition to test cell execution to fielded fleet operations.

What the Performance Group does

The Gas Turbine Performance Group leads concept and advanced cycle studies and delivers calibrated performance predictions for new and upgraded engines. We oversee performance during engine development support production and acceptance testing and enable product support teams worldwide with the tools needed to analyze predict and guarantee engine performance.

A core part of our mission is building and maintaining the ecosystem (models workflows automation and data pipelines) that turns thermodynamics test and field data into decisions. Increasingly our transient cycle models and calibrated physics tools are the foundation for AI enabled digital twins unlocking longer service intervals better cycle count capability and improved efficiency through operational flexibility.

What you will do

Turn data into engineering decisions.
Analyze acceptance test and fleet/field datasets to trend performance troubleshoot issues and monitor aeromechanical/operability behavior across product lines.

Own high-stakes performance predictions.
Build calibrate and defend steady state and transient performance models for new products upgrades and investigations where accuracy matters and assumptions must be explicit.

Build the tools engineers rely on.
Develop and maintain the internal software used across design sales/applications customer services overhaul and customer sites improving usability automation traceability and confidence in results.

Accelerate engineering with AI.
Apply modern AI techniques:

• speeding up calibration and uncertainty exploration
• enabling anomaly detection and diagnostics
• creating reducedorder models that stay grounded in physics
• supporting digital twin workflows using physicsguided learning approaches.

Collaborate across disciplines.
Work shoulder to shoulder with design controls test operations and digital teams to solve urgent problems quickly while also building long term capability.

What youll love about the work

• Physics first engineering with direct line of sight to real hardware and customer outcomes.
• High leverage: your models and tools scale across programs teams and global sites.
• A modern toolchain mindset: automation reproducibility and AI assisted workflows are part of the job not a hobby.

What you will bring (required)

• B.S. / . in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or closely related field) plus experience with multiple design cycles within industry and performance engineering to real world problems.
• Foundation of knowledge for growth in gas turbine performance and thermodynamics (cycles maps matching operability concepts off-design behavior).
• Ability to work through ambiguity manage priorities and deliver high-quality results under schedule pressure.
• Clear written and verbal communication. You can explain assumptions results and risks to both technical and nontechnical partners.
• Proven habit of finishing work with thoroughness and reliability (validation documentation and follow-through).

What sets top candidates apart (preferred)

• Applicable experience in gas turbine performance aerodynamics instrumentation real world testing or closely related area.
• Applied knowledge of model calibration and troubleshooting of gas turbine performance/operability in steady state and/or transient.
• Strong engineering software skills building scripts code or automation that makes other engineers faster and improves quality.
• Familiarity with controls and control logic and controls software.

Tools & technologies (typical not exhaustive)

• 1D multiphysics engine performance tools (e.g. NPSS PROOSIS GasTurb pyCycle or similar)
• Programming/scripting: Python (strongly preferred) and/or C/C/C#/Fortran/VBA
• Engineering computing: MATLAB / Simulink
• Analytics & visualization: Tableau (or similar) plus modern data tooling as applicable
• Standard productivity tools (Microsoft Office suite)

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-related knowledge skills individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility terms and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical dental and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holidays Volunteer etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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