Solar Turbines
Senior Gas Turbine Performance Engineer: AI Accelerated Engineering
San Diego, California · Senior · Part-time
No sponsorship$113k-$169kDetected 7 hours ago
PythonC++C#MATLABData EngineeringData VisualizationAerospace EngineeringSimulinkMicrosoft OfficeThermodynamics
About the role
- Career Area: Engineering Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
- Analyze acceptance test and fleet/field datasets to trend performance, troubleshoot issues, and monitor aeromechanical/operability behavior across product lines.
- Relocation is available for this position.
Responsibilities
- Own high-stakes performance predictions.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Strong engineering software skills, building scripts, code, or automation that makes other engineers faster and improves quality.
Requirements
- Build, calibrate, and defend steady state and transient performance models for new products, upgrades, and investigations, where accuracy matters and assumptions must be explicit.
- What you will bring (required)
Nice to have
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Proven habit of finishing work with thoroughness and reliability (validation, documentation, and follow-through).
- 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.
- Familiarity with controls and control logic and controls software.
- 1‑D multiphysics engine performance tools (e.g., NPSS, PROOSIS, GasTurb, pyCycle or similar)
- Python (strongly preferred), and/or C/C++/C#/Fortran/VBA
- Standard productivity tools (Microsoft Office suite)
Skills
- AI Accelerated Engineering
- Why this role
- What the Performance Group does
- your models and tools scale across programs, teams, and global sites.
Compensation
- $112,704.00 - $169,056.00
- Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
- Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience.
Benefits
- This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
Company info
- Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
- When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other.
- We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities.
- We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.
- Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
- A modern toolchain mindset: automation, reproducibility, and AI assisted workflows are part of the job, not a hobby.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
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