GE Aerospace
Lead Engineer - Material Mechanics and Durability
$80K–$150K
Niskayuna · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- At least 3 years of relevant experience required with an MS; no years specified with a PhD.
- Education
- PhD in mechanical engineering or a closely related discipline, or MS in mechanical engineering or a closely related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future. Requires U.S. Person status for access to export-controlled information: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, or granted asylee or refugee status.
About the job
Develops experimental and computational methods to characterize aerospace materials, model their behavior and predict fatigue, creep, and fracture life.
What you'll do
- Conduct and coordinate materials testing; develop constitutive models and failure criteria for implementation in numerical tools.
- Collaborate on component models, stress analysis, lifing methods, and resolution of technical issues.
- Own technology roadmaps and communicate findings through presentations, reports, publications, and grant responses.
What they ask for
- PhD in mechanical engineering or a closely related discipline, or an MS in either with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; the employer will not sponsor employment visas.
- Willingness to work in an office/lab in Niskayuna, NY.
Nice to have
- Expertise in engineering and fracture mechanics, with familiarity with finite element analysis tools and phase field methods.
- Experience designing and executing materials tests, including high-temperature techniques and MTS or Instron systems.
Pay
$80,000 - $150,000 USD Annually (base salary)
Tools
ANSYS, MTS, Instron, finite element analysis, phase field methods, digital image correlation, acoustic emission techniques, infrared camera thermal measurements
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