Turbo Machinery Advisor – Power Systems & Geothermal Systems - Contractor

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Oversight and Technical Direction: Guide the turbine/expander development roadmap, ensuring alignment with long-term system architecture, commercial feasibility, and manufacturability.
• Strategic Oversight and Technical Direction: Provide senior-level mentorship to engineers and technical contributors, helping shape design approaches, testing priorities, and integration pathways.
• Strategic Oversight and Technical Direction: Recommend best practices in rotating machinery design, materials, thermodynamic cycle selection, and system optimization.

Thermodynamic & Mechanical Systems Guidance:

• Review and refine thermodynamic cycle models, system assumptions, and performance projections.
• Advise on blade geometry choices, flow efficiency strategies, and component-to-component integration.
• Evaluate alternative configurations for durability, maintenance needs, and operational constraints in geothermal environments.

Testing, Validation & Risk Reduction Oversight:

• Oversight of prototype testing methodologies, including performance validation under realistic geothermal or steam-cycle conditions.
• Support the team in defining testing protocols, instrumentation needs, and risk-mitigation plans for rotating equipment.

Industry Networking & Strategic Partnerships:

• Leverage an established network in turbomachinery, geothermal, steam-cycle power, or related fields to help secure partnerships, pilot opportunities, and early adopter relationships.
• Provide senior technical presence in discussions with research institutions, industrial partners, utilities, and potential demonstration sites.