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Mechanical Design Engineer - Main Bearing
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Designs and develops main bearings for utility-scale wind turbines, managing the full lifecycle from concept through detailed design, testing, qualification, manufacturing, and field support while driving reliability and cost improvements.
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Job Description Summary
You will be a part of GE Vernova’s Wind Global Machine Head Driveline subsystem.The team is responsible for mechanical hardware (main bearing, main shaft, covers, rotor locks, rotor brakes, and couplings) including New Product / Technology Introduction, Validation & Testing, Field Support, and Root Cause Analysis for utility scale wind turbines.
You will primarily support the main bearing through the entire life cycle from conceptual design through detailed design and development, testing, qualification, manufacturing, validation, and installed fleet support.
You will drive technical excellence and continuous improvement in the design, analysis, cost, and reliability of the components under their responsibility. #LI-ML2
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Execute projects pertaining to new product introduction, new technology integration, and field issue resolution with a heavy focus on quality and reliability verified by physical testing
- Be responsible for designing build-to-spec main bearings for wind turbines encompassing component specification design, analysis, system interaction, and system reliability
- Hold ownership of and drive lessons learned, best practices, and standardization into design related documentation such as design practices, drawings, and technical specifications
- Responsible for design, development of testing/validation plans to prove component function and reliability
- Provide innovative design solutions to meet aggressive timing, product cost, and reliability targets
- Ensure quality of new and revised drawings, BoMs, and specifications applying all GE and industry processes, standards, and best practices
- Work cross functionally, developing strong relationships with quality teams, manufacturing engineers, sourcing, suppliers, field support, and others to improve product quality and first-time yield
- Support manufacturing, sourcing, and the field with issue resolution and quick corrective actions for design related causes (NCR, SDR, PAC)
- Drive quick, complete technical root cause analysis of field failures and identify design related corrective actions to prevent recurrence
- Identify and execute cost saving ideas and strategies
- Drive efforts to introduce advanced technology, materials, manufacturing methods, new design tools/methods to advance the strategic position of yaw subsystem components
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Extensive mechanical analysis and design experience in industry
- Working knowledge of technical drawings, GD&T, and manufacturing
- Experience with 3D-CAD tools like Unigraphics / Siemens NX
Desired Characteristics
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Working knowledge of Ansys or other finite element analysis tools
- Engineering experience in Design/Product Development of mechanical components (preferably wind turbine mechanical components)
- Experience with system design including interface definition, system stiffness, DFMEA, and design for manufacturability / installation / serviceability.
- Experience with bearing manufacturing processes
- Exposure to Product Lifecycle Management processes & tools
- Proven track record of collaborating with business product managers and suppliers/vendors to optimize component costs and influence purchasing strategy
- Experience on power generation products
- Excellent communication, project management, interpersonal, and presentation skills
- Proven ability to lead global projects with team members across cultural boundaries
- Ability to work under pressure and challenging conditions
- Established problem solving process knowledge and execution
- Strong desire and ability to drive improvement and change
- Fluent English written and spoken
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. 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.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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