Lead Engineer- Mechanical Engineering

Overview

Lead Engineer - Mechanical Engineering in the Large Structures team of GE Vernova Wind Machine Head Engineering, providing full lifecycle ownership and support for mechanical hardware such as bedplate castings, low speed rotor lock and shipping fixtures.

What you'll do

• Design engineering solutions for mechanical structural parts (bedplate castings, low speed rotor lock, shipping fixtures etc.) of a wind turbine.
• Work closely with other engineering teams within GE Vernova Wind to coordinate interfaces between mechanical systems and components.
• Develop engineering drawings and specification requirements for sourcing of wind turbine components.
• Perform technical risk assessment and execute validation test plans to mitigate risks.
• Assist in issue resolution of mechanical components for fielded turbines.
• Participate and support technical problem solving in the team.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams for managing the product life cycle, contributing to component team strategy, Multigeneration Product Plan (MGPP) and Multigeneration Technology Plan (MGTP).
• Collaborate with system, sub-system and component engineers to integrate components into overall turbine design while satisfying turbine and interface requirements.
• Maintain a systems thinking mindset and higher-level turbine system requirements to understand the needs and implications of potential component changes and impacts to the rest of the machine.
• Contribute to design tool maintenance to ensure fit for use, including design practice, design tools and lessons learned documentation updates.
• Collaborate on and own risk identification and mitigation, including dFMEA and design verification.
• Ensure quality of new and revised drawings, BoMs and specifications applying all GE and industry processes, standards and best practices.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s)), applicable for roles in USA.
• Bachelor/Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years product design and development experience with 2 years in the wind industry or relevant industry in product design.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Working knowledge of CAD (preferably Unigraphics NX 3D-CAD), CAE (preferably Ansys) and PLM tools.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of time.

Nice to have

• Wind turbine structural component expertise.
• Technical problem solving experience including NPI design, NTI development, problem solving and RCA resolution, method/tool development, and related items.
• Highly motivated, self-starter, energetic, positive, flexible in changing environments.
• Able to work in structured approach to problem solving, learning agility and system thinking.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate technical problems in clear and simple terms.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work in project teams in an international environment.
• Systems thinker: ability to assess tradeoffs, effectively assess risk, and optimize results.
• Ability to drive process improvement, standard work, and utilize Lean design principles.

Details

• Relocation assistance provided: Yes.