About the Role

The Combustion Engineer will own the combustor design from first principles through rig test through integration into the full engine. You will determine how this machine turns fuel into heat, cleanly and reliably, across its entire operating envelope.

You will define the combustor architecture, design the fuel injection system, set the liner cooling strategy, and manage emissions. You will build test rigs, run them, and iterate until the combustor lights reliably, holds flame across the load range, and meets the exit temperature profile the turbine needs. When the combustor goes into the full engine, you will own the integration and troubleshoot every issue that comes out of it.

Combustion is where thermodynamics meets chemistry meets fluid mechanics, and where small errors create big problems. You will need to be right more often than not, and fast about fixing it when you're not.

What We’re Looking For

Experience in gas turbine combustor design, development, or test. Familiarity with fuel-air mixing, ignition systems, flame stability, emissions control, and liner thermal management. Hands-on rig time. Proficiency with combustion CFD (ANSYS Fluent, OpenFOAM, or equivalent) and chemical kinetics modeling.

Experience with small gas turbines, APUs, or industrial burners is strongly preferred. You understand lean blowout, pattern factor, and what it takes to get a combustor to light at altitude or in cold conditions. You've seen hardware melt and know why.

U.S. person required (ITAR).

Compensation

$140,000 – $180,000 base. Generous stock package.

To apply, please email careers@americanturbines.com with your resume and any links to recent projects.