Job Description
Summary The Lead Engineer
- Mechanical Engineering position is in Nacelle & Frames team within Wind Machine Head Engineering Subsection. The team provides full lifecycle ownership and support for mechanical hardware (Nacelle-Composite Cover, Main Frame, Small Structures, Cranes, Seals & Louvers...) including New Product/Technology Introduction, Validation & Testing, Field Support and Root Cause Analysis. The Lead 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 to execute component trade studies and design deliverables.

Job Description
As a Lead Engineer
- Mechanical Engineering you will:
* 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.
* 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
* 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 (preferably Unigraphics NX 3D-CAD), CAE (preferably Ansys) and PLM tools
* Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of time
* 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, versátil 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: No

📌 Lead Engineer- Mechanical Engineering (Barcelona)
🏢 GE Vernova
📍 Barcelona