Hal-x -rotor Structural Engineer

**Job Description Summary**: The Rotor Structural Engineer is responsible for design requirements definition, design documentation and design validation of Haliade-X Rotor Structural components.

He / She will work in the Engineering Rotor Team, focusing in structural components design while in cross-functional collaboration with other Haliade-X Engineering teams.

**About us**

GE Renewable Energy is one of the world's leading offshore wind energy companies, with a portfolio of offshore wind turbines ranging from 6 MW to 14 MW that offer increased value to customers with proven performance, reliability, efficiency and availability.

We have invested more than $400 million to develop the Haliade-X, an investment that will also drive down offshore wind farms’ levelized cost of energy, helping make offshore wind energy more competitive for our customers. The Haliade-X was the industry’s first 14MW offshore wind turbine to operate, and is the only 12+MW offshore wind turbine platform that has been operating for over two years, specifically at its Rotterdam prototype site.

Essential Responsibilities:

- Design requirements definition:
Collect and document rotor structural components design requirements in accordance with system level wind turbine product requirements to reach functionality, timing, cost and reliability targets across Haliade-X platform development roadmap.

Transversally align, agree and specify interfaces with the surrounding components and systems owners focusing in optimum wind turbine system level performance
- Design development

Specify, design, calculate and validate rotor structural components to meet the defined design requirements

He / She is accountable of all related documentation required by other functions and suppliers to produce and integrate the components in the turbine. This includes supplier specifications, assembly drawings, design drawings, packaging instructions, transport instructions, preservation instructions, installation instructions, commissioning instructions, controls interface instructions and all related additional documentation in alignment with the defined design guidelines.
- Component Validation

The Rotor Structural Engineer develops the Test & Validation strategy for structural components in alignment with the corresponding design guidelines and related design teams
- Component evolution design ownership

The Rotor Structural Engineer is responsible of component design evolution and will be responsible of:

- Engineering design changes management
- Design non-conformities resolution

Participate in the technological watch, actively promoting both the protection and the development of GE’s intellectual property

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Engineering degree with a master in structural or mechanical design, from an accredited university
- Solid knowledge of structural design against ultimate and fatigue stress on steel and casting components as well as bolted connections.
- Experience with mechanical CAD design tools (NX, Catia or similar)
- Consolidated experience with FEM design and calculation tools (Ansys, Abacus or similar)
- Experience with fatigue design and calculation tools (nCode or similar)
- Significant experience in structural components development including participation in creation of specifications, design, calculation and validation
- Proven ability to coordinate transversal teams and suppliers during development and industrialization projects
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Availability to travel sporadically - Positive mindset

Desired Characteristics:

- Experience in structural components design in wind industry
- Experience in topological optimization FEM design tools

**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No