Sorption System Engineer

2 weeks ago

Schenectady, New York, United States GE Vernova Full time
Job Description Summary

GE Vernova's Advanced Research business is the central innovation engine for GE's portfolio of energy businesses, which will be unified under one banner called GE Vernova.

The research organization is made up of 250+ researchers representing virtually every major scientific and engineering discipline.

Collectively, they are driving major research programs and initiatives to decarbonize power, accelerate renewables, and promote electrification and the creation of a 21st century grid fit to power a zero-carbon energy future.

Job Responsibilities
  • Conduct basic and applied research in sorption and separation technologies, including system design, fabrication & testing, process development and optimization, and performance evaluation.
  • Determine system level performance requirements and develop fundamental system knowledge through fluid dynamic and mass transfer experimentation and modeling, energy/thermal management, system engineering cost analyses, and sorption and separations mechanisms.
  • Iteratively improve performance for various applications, such as carbon capture (direct air and post-combustion) and atmospheric water extraction.
  • Apply engineering principles, computational modeling tools, and experimental skills to develop material and energy balances and kinetic and thermal models to provide process and system design insight.
  • Use experimental data to understand separation mechanisms and define the kinetic and thermodynamic factors impacting various separation unit operations.
  • Identify novel material system structures and system configurations with improved performance (flux, selectivity, etc.), greater reliability, and lower energy requirements, especially under relevant environmental conditions (pressure, temperature, flow).
  • Design & execute experiments, while independently leading tasks that result in impact for GE Vernova and customers.
  • Identify key technical issues and produce cutting edge technical breakthroughs.
  • Be a member of a multidisciplinary team, including chemists, material scientists, chemical engineers, thermal engineers, and mechanical engineers to develop material systems across diverse application spaces.
  • Build relationships with colleagues at GE Research with a wide variety of technical expertise and business responsibilities.
  • Engage in all facets of technical development, including laboratory testing, modelling, and prototype and systems development.
  • Support technology transfer and scale up of the developed processes at pilot and commercial sites and to business and external customers.
  • Collaborate with technologists and product managers in GE Vernova businesses and at external partners to understand needs and product and process requirements.
  • Identify and form collaborative relationships with academic, national laboratory, industry, government agencies and GE experts to leverage internal capability, increasing impact.
  • Investigate, identify and pursue external and commercial opportunities, proposing solutions to some of the world's toughest challenges and write white papers and proposals for grant consideration.
  • Support IP strategy development and prior art analysis, write disclosures and patent applications and collect rigorous experimental data for IP patent processes.
  • Deliver technical results, progress and insights through effective presentations, reports, and publications to GE Research leadership, the GE Vernova businesses, government agencies, professional societies, and peer-reviewed journals.
Required Qualifications
  • Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related discipline
  • Proven record of innovation, including peer-reviewed publications, in areas related to separation technologies, with excellent knowledge of engineering principles including heat and mass transport, fluid dynamics, engineering statistics, reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, and process modeling and simulation.
  • Demonstrated ability to design, fabricate, deploy and test sorption-based prototypes in laboratory and relevant environmental conditions.
  • Practical knowledge of safety practices as it relates to experimental design and lab practices.
  • Demonstrated project execution experience, teamwork experience & ability to work across all functions/levels as part of a team.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Execution mindset and sense of urgency.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a global team environment.
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
Desired Characteristics
  • Expertise in the design, fabrication and process development of new material systems, including sorbent materials, and their associated manufacturing processes.
  • Experience with the development of material systems for carbon capture and atmospheric water extraction applications.
  • Ability to and experience in transitioning products from R&D to prototyping to manufacturing.
  • Experience in system modeling - coupling of fluid, thermal, and structural analyses.
  • Skilled in Multi-physics modeling, simulation software, data analytics, and finite element analyses (e.g., COMSOL, ANSYS, ASPEN, MATLAB, Python, SolidWorks CAD).
  • Knowledge of design of experiments (DoE), familiarity with statistical analysis methodologies like Lean/Six-Sigma and a desire to become Six Sigma certified.
  • Knowledge of Design-Expert, JMP or Minitab for design and analysis of DoE studies.
  • Experience in automated processes including use of LabView.
  • Experience developing patentable intellectual property.
  • Experience writing successful R&D proposals, including to government agencies.
  • Demonstrated capability to work in a multidisciplinary environment. Comfort interacting horizontally and vertically both within and across organizational boundaries.
  • Demonstrated creative problem-solving skills using innovative and hands-on solutions.
  • Strong interpersonal skills initiative, high self-confidence and have goals for a career in industrial research.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to adapt to change and willingness to be flexible in a global team environment.

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