Teams at American Turbines

Lead the design, construction, and operation of test stands for small modular gas turbines. Own test infrastructure, instrumentation, DAQ, safety systems, procedures, hazard reviews, abort limits, and control-room operations. Run high-energy rotating and combustion hardware tests, rapidly turn around builds, reduce data using Python or similar tools, compare results with models, and identify design risks. The role requires disciplined test execution, strong safety judgment, and experience with complex machinery and test facilities.

Own clean-sheet mechanical design of small modular gas turbines, including rotors, stators, combustors, cases, bearings, materials, and subsystem interfaces. Perform structural, thermal, and rotordynamic analyses; assess fatigue and durability; design for manufacturability; and work with suppliers and machinists to produce reliable hardware. The role spans conceptual sizing through detailed design and running test articles in a high-ownership seed-stage environment.

Owns execution of the company’s first small modular gas turbine from its current state through a fully built and tested demonstrator. The Lead Engineer will integrate combustion, aerodynamics, mechanical, controls, and power electronics workstreams into an accountable schedule; delegate tasks; lead engineering meetings; track progress; resolve blockers; support vendors; and perform hands-on design, fabrication, debugging, and testing as needed.