Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

1. Safety Leadership

• Leads safety risk identification across high risk technologies, product line or systems.
• Proactively drives design changes to eliminate downstream risk in product life cycle

2. Technical Guidance and Quality Assurance

• Provide robust technical guidance and ensure high-quality mechanical solutions for gas turbine rotors, load couplings, and related systems in alignment with business initiatives and SQDC principles.
• Establish and maintain standardized design template roadmaps and design practices. Drive the creation of design templates and standard work to ensure engineering excellence.
• Provide technical direction from requirements and concept definition through validation, release, and field support.
• Drives preventive actions programs for providing high quality product & solutions and influences key stake holder to drive this into action.

3. Compressor Mechanical Systems Technical Integrity

• Partner with Chief Engineer in system-level trade studies, ensuring component designs function as an integrated compressor system across operating, transient, and off-design conditions.
• Identify and manage system-level mechanical risks, including structural integrity, vibrations, thermal effects, clearances, life, and component/interface interactions in partnership with the Systems organization and the Chief Engineer’s Office.

4. Top Issues and Special Projects Leadership

• Lead and drive solutions for top issues and special projects across gas turbine and power plant systems where impact on/from rotors and load couplings is prevalent.
• Provide oversight, in conjunction with Chief Engineers, on critical compressor-related Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and site issues. Drive CAPA to address repeat failures and protect Customer commitments
• Engage with the Advanced Research Center (ARC) on select technology development and demonstration projects.

5. Supply Chain Partnership

• Collaborate with Supply Chain, CTHs, and Technical Leads to resolve emerging issues and proactively mitigate risks in future designs and manufacturing approaches.
• Identify opportunities for enhancements in product durability, performance, and cost.

Competency Requirements

Technical Competencies:

• Deep Subject Matter Expertise: Proficiency in rotor dynamics, structural mechanics, fatigue and fracture mechanics, and thermodynamic interactions within the compressor flowpath.

• Provide end-to-end technical leadership for highly complex engineering projects and programs,
• ensuring sound architecture, technical rigor, safety, quality, and lifecycle risk closure.
• Own critical projects and technical deliverables supporting the success of compressor module
• Act as a primary technical resource and subject matter expert within
• Rotors and load couplings providing guidance to project teams, suppliers, customers, and stakeholders.
• Review and approve engineering documentation, deliverables, deviations, and waivers to ensure
• compliance with internal requirements, external regulations, and industry standards.

• Systems Integration: Ability to analyze complex component interactions under various operating, transient, and off-design conditions.
• Tools & Methodology: Advanced knowledge of CAD/FEA/CFD tools (e.g., Ansys, Abaqus, NX) and familiarity with GE Vernova design practices and design template roadmaps. Drive culture of lean mindset within team to device new methods/tools to eliminate waste in process and design.
• Root Cause Analysis: Expert-level capability in conducting and leading complex RCAs and identifying systemic improvements.
• Innovation: Leads innovation initiatives within a product or technologies areas
• Manufacturing Knowledge: Understanding of DFM (Design for Manufacturing) principles, casting, forging, and additive manufacturing processes relevant to rotor hardware.

Leadership & Professional Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to bridge current design practices with the "Engineer 2030" vision, driving innovation in durability, performance, and cost.
• Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to convey complex technical risks and solutions to diverse stakeholders, including Chief Engineers and external partners.
• Mentorship: Demonstrated passion for coaching and developing junior-to-mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical rigor and SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) principles.
• Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries, including Supply Chain, ARC, and Field Services.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent; PhD is preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in Gas Turbine design, specifically focusing on Rotating Components, Structural Dynamics, and/or Compressor Systems.
• Proven track record of technical leadership in high-stakes engineering environments, including demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and executive leadership.

Desired Characteristics

• Recognized technical expert in compressor rotating systems.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver results.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clear communications and solid leadership on challenging technical issues
• Experience interfacing with customers, conferences, user groups
• Customer-focused with clear, concise written and oral communications at the appropriate level
• Experience and demonstrated success working in a complex cross-functional global environment
• Servant leadership mindset
• Restless dissatisfaction with “the way things are done” … focused on continuous improvement
• Data-driven but decisive despite ambiguity
• Humble, open, collaborative, and continuously learning
• Able to travel globally as needed
• Leadership to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions

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