Lead Subsystem Engineer - Mechanical

About the role

The Lead Subsystem Integration Engineer (Mechanical) leads technical development and implementation of rotor or tower sub-system integration within the Mechanical Sub-System team. As the first point of contact for technical definition, design integrity, validation, subsystem quality and deliverable status, the engineer provides technical guidance and team leadership from concept through operation, and contributes to continuous improvement in product development processes such as RCA, SAFER and field issue resolution.

Key responsibilities

• Provide system expertise across all product development phases, from requirements definition through design, validation, procurement, manufacturing and product life-cycle support.
• Lead and oversee sub-system conceptual design studies and trade-offs addressing cost, performance, reliability and operability.
• Define subsystem architecture and manage subsystem interfaces.
• Contribute to and approve system-level requirements and design matrices, and flow them through to the components.
• Present technical material to internal and external audiences and lead problem solving, verification, validation and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams internally and externally to ensure subsystem development and BOM release.
• Drive continuous improvement, design strategies, multi-generation system plans, lessons learned and standardization.
• Support field and factory quality issues and drive subsystem quality.
• Communicate the status of technical milestones to support the business.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited university.
• Experience on wind turbine engineering projects, issues and/or technologies.
• Desired: NPI experience, component design ownership including design, validation and fleet support, and field issues, test and/or validation experience.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional and global environment, with strong English communication skills.

Required skills

• Knowledge of wind turbine component design criteria and systems integration.
• Conceptual design and system-level trade-off experience.
• Knowledge of GE Wind Turbine design practices and third-party certification requirements.