Who We Are:

The Aero Thermal Modeling and Testing subsection is focused on aerodynamic, heat transfer, thermal-fluid, and technoeconomic analyses together with the development of demonstration testing facilities for advanced power systems, long duration energy storage applications, and industrial decarbonization technologies.

Objectives of this Role:

• Design and implement instrumentation strategies for tests to ensure that the team can accurately measure machine performance and adequately monitor safety and health of the machine.
• Enable our team to incorporate advanced closed-loop control and monitoring strategies into test facilities for machinery systems from the kilowatt to the megawatt scale.
• Develop and maintain quality documentation for facility operation including P&IDs, operating procedures, and similar in a constantly changing test environment.
• Apply knowledge of thermodynamics and mechanical design to test facility design contributing to research in advanced power generation, energy storage, and industrial decarbonization.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Develop measurement and control solutions with creative problem solving to support first-of-a-kind machinery systems including compressors, turbines, heat exchangers, and various subsystems in a collaborative environment.
• Understand a wide array of measurement instruments including pressure transducers, eddy current probes, thermocouples, and flow devices and specialty methods including gas chromatography, lasers, cameras, and more.
• Use LabVIEW to develop data acquisition and control modules and user interfaces.
• Analyze test data, including quality integrity and uncertainty analysis, for a wide array of machinery performance characteristics.
• Disseminate data and results in writing and oral presentation to clients, at conferences, and in other professional settings.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors, Masters or a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• 0-2 years: Understanding of data acquisition, LabVIEW, PLCs, instrumentation and sensors.
• Coursework or experience in developing model and control algorithms for thermal fluid piping systems or rotating equipment preferred.
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.