**Job Description Summary** Located in Niskayuna, New York, central to the New York Capital District, GE Aerospace Research builds on GE’s 125+ years of industrial research heritage, tackling the most challenging engineering problems through multi-disciplinary teams to deliver innovative technologies. Together, we create and sustain differentiated solutions to maintain competitive advantages for GE Aerospace and our customers. As a Research Engineer in The Thermal Management and Systems Laboratory, you work individually and in teams to develop innovative power and thermal management systems that improve the performance and add capabilities to GE Aerospace products. **Job Description** At GE Aerospace Research, we invent the future of flight, lift people up and bring them home safely. The Thermal Management and Systems Laboratory at GE Aerospace Research develops innovative solutions that move and convert energy between mechanical, fluid-thermal, and electrical domains. The Thermal Management and Systems Team is multi-disciplinary, bringing together system level thinkers, component and technology subject matter experts, and specialists in project execution and testing to demonstrate innovative power and thermal management systems tailored for our customers’ needs. **Essential Responsibilities** In this role, you will be responsible for one or more of the following: + **Independently execute tasks** evaluating, designing, building, and/or testing advanced power and thermal systems. + **Apply your knowledge** of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, mechanical design, instrumentations, and/or electrical systems to develop innovative solutions to control thermal loads in complex aerospace systems such as gas turbine primary and secondary systems, power distribution and other electrical systems, and avionics. + **Work** as part of a multidisciplinary team of GE product engineers, GE Aerospace Research team members, to evaluate, design, build, and test new power and thermal systems and enabling component technologies + **Utilize** your experience in modeling, simulation, and/or experimentation to characterize and validate novel power and thermal management components and systems. + Patent your inventions and develop a record of publication via conferences and peer reviewed journals. **Required Qualifications** + Doctorate degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or related discipline with OR Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or related discipline with 3 years if industrial experience + Experience and Fundamental knowledge in a thermal management related discipline such as heat transfer, fluid mechanics, mechanical design, electrical systems, controls, or systems engineering + Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team + Due to the nature of the duties of this position, this role requires the individual to have the ability to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship. + Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY. + You must submit your application for employment on the careers page at careers.geaerospace.com to be considered.​ **Desired Characteristics** + Knowledge of propulsions applications, hybrid-electric systems, electronics cooling, space power, or high-speed flight vehicles. + Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with senior leaders and customers with clarity and confidence + In-depth knowledge of system modeling and/or systems-of-systems modeling + Experience implementing system models in NPSS, MATLAB Simscape, MATLAB Simulink, Modelica, PROOSIS, GT-Suite, or similar tools. + Familiarity with component analysis and design, including CFD, FEA, and/or heat transfer + Experience developing custom engineering models in languages such as EES, MATLAB, Python, Fortran, C++, etc. + Experience testing components and/or fluid-thermal systems, including component selection, instrumentation, and laboratory operations The base pay range for this position is $80,000 - $150,000 USD Annually. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on August 31st 2025. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual. _This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government._ **Additional Information** GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). **Relocation Assistance Provided:** Yes GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.