Job Description Summary

The Senior Electrical System Engineer is a key person for successful, high quality new product execution. He/She posses technical accountability and cross-functional leadership for the electrical system of multiple wind turbine platforms. Will lead product development projects, from business requirement definition and technical trade-offs to prototype installation and serial production.

The teams scope includes the overall electrical system of our wind turbine products and its components like Generators, Transformers, Power Conductors, Cable Harnesses, Converters, Electrical Switchgears & Control Cabinets etc.

The broad scope of the team and the global responsibilities of this position provide great opportunity to drive engineering excellence and quality, as well as to optimize the wind turbine electrical system with respect to performance, cost and reliability.

It is also critical to ensure operational excellence: track on time completion of all hardware releases as they pertain to the electrical system, visualize the challenges, risks and establish a rhythm of communication and escalation to avoid delivery falling off track; coach/lead/support technically engineers in their design challenges with interfaces with other components and within the electrico-mechanical system.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

• Leading:
  • Component and system design lifecycle leader of the sub-system
  • Full ownership and accountability for design, development, testing and certification of appointed sub-system
  • Drive should-cost assessments and support cost optimization efforts with suppliers to meet component cost targets at sub-system level
  • Communicate design details and technical recommendations to senior leadership
  • Ensure lessons learned are promptly incorporated into design
  • Perform Engineering Excellence and provide innovative design solutions to deliver world class in Safety and Quality
• Operation:
  • Prioritize and delegate work to a global team of design engineers and sub-contractors
  • Management of daily operations of the team: Definition of priorities, schedule, assignation of resources.
  • Work closely with customers, fleet support teams and systems engineering on fleet issues and improvement determinations
• Deliverables:
  • Review critical drawings, schematics and technical specification for accuracy prior to release
  • Review design reviews documents prior to CTH evaluation to ensure it is according to standards
  • Ensure quality of deliverables, on time delivery, design cost, DFMEA, performance, availability, weight and general targets defined by the business related to the sub-system.
• Support:
  • Work with cross-functions (mechanics, systems, product line, sourcing) to ensure a cross-segment development of sub-system
  • Interface with test labs to drive validation strategy of sub-system requirements
  • Provide technical guidance, supporting CTH and PBM owners to define and apply design practices, standards, new methods or tools to ensure safety and quality of the product.
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Required Qualifications:

o Bachelor’s Degree in an Electrical Engineering or related discipline.

o Strong technology and/or product management experience in low voltage and/or power path component design or in similar position.

o Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Desired Characteristics:

o Wind industry expertise with proven results developing & implementing technology programs.

o Experience in conducting system validation, test bench testing, and field measurements

o Knowledge of Standards and Design Codes.

o Skilled in electrical component design calculations, specifications and schematics.

o Demonstrated system thinking: ability to assess tradeoffs, effectively assess risk, and optimize results.

o Business acumen and customer focus.

o Demonstrated ability to work horizontally across stakeholders to influence outcomes.

o Strong interpersonal skills including: ownership, self-motivated, problem solving, analytical, team player, communication skills and ability to develop relationships.

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