RCA & Quality Leader – Turbine Controls

Vigintake; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 88,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical, dental, vision, and Rx

Retirement plan with company match

Health Coach and 24/7 nurse support

Paid holidays and extensive benefits

Job summary

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Controls Quality Engineer - RCA Leader to drive structured problem-solving across turbine controls issues. The role leads Root Cause Analysis using the 8D method, coordinates major event investigations, and ensures timely corrective actions throughout the product lifecycle.

The candidate will collaborate with Controls Engineering, Fleet Performance Management, Service Engineering, and Product Management, while guiding validation strategies and engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Science.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in controls engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead turbine controls Root Cause Analyses utilizing the 8D methodology.
• Facilitate cross-functional investigation teams including Controls Engineering, Fleet Performance Management, Service Engineering, and Product Management.
• Establish investigation charters, timelines, deliverables, and communication plans.
• Coordinate Major Event Investigations and support issue response activities.
• Ensure root cause investigations are evidence-based and supported by appropriate technical analysis.
• Track containment actions, corrective actions, and preventive actions through closure.
• Escalate investigation roadblocks, resource conflicts, and execution risks to leadership.
• Identify defect escape pathways and drive improvements to engineering and validation processes.
• Analyze fleet data, event trends, reliability metrics, and historical failure information to support investigations.
• Apply structured quality tools including FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, and reliability techniques to improve investigation effectiveness.
• Drive incorporation of lessons learned into validation strategies, engineering standards, and product lifecycle processes.
• Communicate investigation status, risk assessments, and recommendations to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Support Lean continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen investigation quality and reduce recurrence of field issues.
• Leverage AI-enabled and data-driven techniques to improve investigation efficiency and insight generation.

Skills

Controls engineering

8D problem-solving

Root Cause Analysis

FMEA

Fault Tree Analysis

Reliability data analysis

Team leadership

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Science

Job description

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Controls Quality Engineer - RCA Leader to drive structured problem-solving across turbine controls issues. The role leads Root Cause Analysis using the 8D method, coordinates major event investigations, and ensures timely corrective actions throughout the product lifecycle.

The candidate will collaborate with Controls Engineering, Fleet Performance Management, Service Engineering, and Product Management, while guiding validation strategies and engineering