Philipp Kaiser

Secondary Air System Engineer at MTU Aero Engines

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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Experience

  • Air and Oil System Engineer at MTU Aero Engines
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • System simulation of cooling system for the Flying Fuel Cell with Matlab Simscape • Development of the secondary air system of gas turbine engines using 1D flow simulation including method improvement • Preparation and analysis of engine tests • Definition and coordination of work packages for external partners

  • Flight Mechanics Engineer at Airbus Helicopters
    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr

    • Development, validation and maintenance of calculation models for flight mechanics and aerodynamic simulations • Predesign of aerodynamic surfaces and components • Definition and analysis of CFD simulations and wind tunnel tests

  • Porsche AG (1 yr 3 mos)
    • Master Thesis
      Apr 2020 - Dec 2020 · 9 mos

      Drag reduction on a road vehicle wheelhouse Investigation using CFD simulations and full scale wind tunnel experiments

    • Aerodynamics Intern
      Oct 2019 - Mar 2020 · 6 mos

      Internship within the aerodynamics development department of Porsche AG • Prepared, conducted and analysed CFD simulations • Meshed and preprocessed geometries with ANSA • Automated work flow with Python

  • Bachelor Thesis at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
    Feb 2018 - Jul 2018 · 6 mos

    Bachelor Thesis at the Institute of Materials Physics in Space at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Thesis Titel: „Extension of the optical imaging setup of a sounding rocket module for dynamical measurements of microswimmer suspensions in microgravity“ • Development of a variable focus control for the RAMSES (random motion of microswimmers experiment in space) sounding rocket module • Test and verification with a technical demonstrator

  • Engineering Intern at Deutsches SOFIA Institut, NASA Ames Research Center
    May 2017 - Nov 2017 · 7 mos

    Intership within the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) project, a cooperation between DLR and NASA. Tasks included among others: • Part design for scientific instruments on board the aircraft • Thermal-vacuum and vibration testing and evaluation of flight hardware cameras • Development of Python software for interactive image processing