Lead Engineer- Mechanical Engineering

A01098 GE Vernova International LLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova Wind Machine is seeking a Lead Engineer - Mechanical Engineering within the Large Structures team. You will own design engineering solutions for wind turbine mechanical structural parts, coordinate interfaces with other teams, and develop drawings and specifications for sourcing of components.

Responsibilities include risk assessment, design validation, and field issue support. You will collaborate with System, Sub-System, and component engineers to integrate components into the

Qualifications

• Advanced experience in Engineering/Technology & Mechanical Engineering.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Working knowledge of CAD, CAE and PLM tools.
• Travel up to 20% of time.

Responsibilities

• Design engineering solutions for mechanical structural parts of a wind turbine.
• Coordinate interfaces between mechanical systems and components.
• Develop drawings and specification requirements for sourcing wind turbine components.
• Perform technical risk assessment and execute validation test plans.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Project management

Communication skills

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor's or Master in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Unigraphics NX

Ansys

PLM tools

Job description

Job Description Summary

Lead Engineer - Mechanical Engineering position is in Large Structures team within GE Vernova Wind Machine Head Engineering Subsection. The team provides full lifecycle ownership and support for mechanical hardware (Bedplate castings, Low speed Rotor lock and Shipping fixtures etc) including New Product/Technology Introduction, Validation & Testing, Field Support and Root Cause Analysis.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design engineering solutions for mechanical structural parts (Bedplate castings, Low speed Rotor lock and Shipping fixtures etc) of a wind turbine.
• Work closely with other engineering teams within GE 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).
• 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 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 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.

Required Qualifications

• For roles outside of the USA- This role requires advanced experience in the Engineering/Technology & Mechanical Engineering.
• Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).
• For roles in USA - 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)).
• 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.

Desired Characteristics

• Wind turbine structural component expertise.
• Technical problem solving experience including NPI design, NTI development, problem solving & 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.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, "GE," in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. "Ver" / "verde" signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. "Nova," from the Latin "novus," nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com