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Designs and develops mechanical components for onshore wind turbines, including bedplate castings and low-speed rotor locks, and supports validation testing and field issue resolution.
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The Engineer - Mechanical Engineering position is in Large Structures team within Onshore 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.This early career Mechanical Engineering position in Onshore Wind Engineering team allows you to grow your skills as a member of component development team.
The Engineer - Mechanical Engineering will be responsible for design and development of mechanical components with full exposure to product life cycle working with diverse, cross-functional teams.
GE Vernova Wind business has a total installed base of more than 50,000 wind turbines in more than 35 counties, with 100+ GW of global installed capacity. We harness increased onshore wind energy potential through a broad family of turbines that are uniquely suited for a variety of wind environments, including Cypress, GE’s most powerful onshore wind turbine, and GE’s 2MW platform, which has more than 20GW installed and in operation today. We are committed to our customers’ success in wind, offering a broad portfolio of products and services that make renewables the energy of choice for a cleaner future.
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Roles and Responsibilities
As an Engineer - Mechanical Engineering for Onshore Wind you will:
- Design engineering solutions for mechanical structural parts (Bedplate castings, Low speed Rotor lock and Shipping fixtures etc) of a wind turbine.
- Collaborate with other engineering teams within GE Onshore Wind to coordinate interfaces between mechanical systems and components.
- Develop engineering drawings and specification requirements for sourcing of wind turbine components.
- Collaborate and develop technical risk assessment and execute validation test plans to mitigate risks.
- Assist in issue resolution of mechanical components for fielded turbines.
- Support technical problem solving in the team.
- Collaboration with System, Sub-System, and component Engineers to integrate components into overall turbine design while satisfying turbine and interface requirements.
- 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
- Bachelor/ Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering.
- Minimum of 2 years product design and development experience of handling Bedplate and bolted joint PBMs of wind turbine castings
- Minimum of 2 years' 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
- Highly motivated, self-starter, energetic, positive, flexible in changing environments.
- Ability to demonstrate a structured approach to problem solving, learning agility
- 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
- Familiarity with Finite Element Analysis and CAD software
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and project management skills
Additional Information
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: No
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