Lead Generator Production Engineer (m/f/d)

GE Vernova, Inc.; Buech; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova's Birr facility seeks a manufacturing engineer who bridges rotor design and production to ensure build-ready components meet high quality, safety, and efficiency standards.

You will act as the crucial interface between rotor design engineering and manufacturing, supporting producibility improvements, CAPA-driven issue resolution, and lessons learned to inform design standards and new product introductions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience connecting engineering design with manufacturing reality.
• Proficiency in interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.
• Experience in leading cross-functional technical problem-solving.
• Experience with CAPA methodologies and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Bridge design and manufacturing: translate drawings into actionable manufacturing direction for teams.
• Drive producibility improvements through early design reviews and process capability.
• Resolve design-to-manufacturing issues using RCA and CAPA methodologies.
• Capture and apply lessons learned to design standards and new products.
• Lead and develop, mentor junior engineers and support lean initiatives.

Skills

Generator engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Design liaison

Engineering drawings

CAPA

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Education

Mechanical/Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

If you're a manufacturing engineer who finds more satisfaction on the production floor than behind a desk — and who bridges the gap between how something is designed and how it actually gets built — this role was shaped around your expertise.

At GE Vernova's Birr facility, you'll serve as the critical link between generator rotor design engineering and production, ensuring that what is drawn can be built to the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency. Your work directly supports the reliable delivery of 50 Hz and 60 Hz air‑cooled, hydrogen‑cooled, and liquid‑cooled generators that power grids around the world.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Bridge design and manufacturing: Serve as the primary technical interface between the rotor design engineering team and the factory floor — translating engineering drawings, specifications, and requirements into clear, actionable direction for manufacturing teams.
• Drive producibility improvements: Engage early in design reviews to assess manufacturing feasibility and systematically improve generator design for producibility, cost‑effectiveness, and process capability — without compromising quality, safety, or performance.
• Resolve technical issues: Lead resolution of design‑to‑manufacturing challenges, including nonconformances and deviations. Apply root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) methodologies to address issues at their source and prevent recurrence.
• Capture and apply lessons learned: Feed manufacturing insights back into design standards, product improvements, and new product introductions — ensuring the organization learns and improves with each production cycle.
• Lead and develop: Provide technical oversight, mentor junior engineers, and support lean and continuous improvement initiatives that raise the bar across the production environment.

About You

You bring significant experience connecting engineering design with manufacturing reality, and you're equally comfortable in a design review and on the shop floor.

Required

• A formal education and subsequent Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline is nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements in generator or heavy electrical equipment manufacturing.
• Significant experience in generator engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a design/manufacturing liaison role.
• Proficiency in interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional technical problem‑solving.
• Experience with root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) methodologies.
• Solid understanding of production planning, quality systems, and factory floor constraints.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations functions.
• Fluent English required; Swiss German strongly valued.

Preferred

• Experience in a generator original equipment manufacturer (OEM), heavy electrical equipment, or comparable industrial environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of large generator components and manufacturing processes in one or more of the following areas:
• Rotor construction
• Armature core build
• Armature winding
• Armature lamination punching processes
• Armature bar design and manufacturing
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing and structured problem‑solving methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, 8D).
• Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM), design change control, and configuration management.

Benefits Available to You:

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)

Our compensation & benefits are designed to help you manage your personal and family needs, while rewarding high performers. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.

A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.

GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on‑the‑job learning and development.

Inclusion & Diversity:

At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong. Click here to learn more: https://jobs.gecareers.com/vernova/global/en/i-d-e

About GE Vernova Gas Power:

GE Vernova Gas Power engineers cleaner, more accessible energy that people depend on, powering growth and prosperity for people everywhere. Our leading technologies produce a third of the world’s electricity thanks to our talented people, who make gas work for our customers, stakeholders and the world. Through relentless innovation and continuous partnership with our customers, we are building the energy technologies of the future and providing the cleaner, more efficient power people depend on today.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

GE Vernova 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.