Senior Mechanical Lead – Wind Turbine Systems

GE Vernova, Inc.; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer - Mechanical Engineering to drive design and development of wind turbine mechanical components within the Nacelle & Frames team.

You will collaborate across systems, sub-systems, and component engineers to ensure interfaces meet turbine requirements and life-cycle goals. The role requires 5+ years of product design experience, proficiency in CAD/CAE tools like Unigraphics NX and Ansys, and the ability to travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/ Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering.
• Minimum 5 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 (Unigraphics NX 3D-CAD), CAE (Ansys) and PLM tools.

Responsibilities

• Design engineering solutions for mechanical structural parts (Composites, Metallic Structures, Cranes, Seals & Louvers) of a wind turbine.
• Work closely with other engineering teams within Wind Organization 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.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams for managing the product life cycle, contributing to component team strategy, MGPP and MGTP.
• Collaboration with System, Sub-System, and component Engineers to integrate components into overall turbine design while satisfying turbine and interface requirements.
• Maintain Systems Thinking mindset and higher-level turbine system requirements to understand needs and implications of component changes.
• Contribute to design tool maintenance to ensure fit for use including design practice, design tools and lessons learned documentation updates.
• Collaborate and Own risk identification and mitigation process 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.

Skills

CAD

NX 3D-CAD

CAE

Ansys

PLM tools

Project management

Communication

Systems thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor/Master in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Unigraphics NX

Ansys

Job description

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer - Mechanical Engineering to drive design and development of wind turbine mechanical components within the Nacelle & Frames team.

You will collaborate across systems, sub-systems, and component engineers to ensure interfaces meet turbine requirements and life-cycle goals. The role requires 5+ years of product design experience, proficiency in CAD/CAE tools like Unigraphics NX and Ansys, and the ability to travel up to 20%.