Technical Leader - Testing

About the role

Provide technical leadership to the validation engineering team while managing full New Product Introduction (NPI) program launches and contributing to prototype execution. Coordinate complete validation campaigns across different test sites and guide team members in the loads domain along with other validation sciences such as instrumentation, data acquisition, storage, and processing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and third parties to build validation and testing strategies for NPI programs within the MWC Segment.
• Serve as technical leader for NPI programs and support team members focused on prototype installation and loads validation.
• Develop NPI standard work to support certification campaign efforts, ensuring IEC standards are achieved.
• Lead certification and testing tools development strategy to support critical business validation efforts.
• Act as a Validation Planning Review (VPR) stakeholder to ensure field testing is appropriate and delivers required system performance understanding.
• Orchestrate reporting and communications to certification bodies.
• Interpret abnormal data and lead troubleshooting efforts.
• Conduct loads data analysis and present results to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Ten (10) years of experience in validation and field testing of wind turbines.
• Employer will accept a Master’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related field and eight (8) years of experience in lieu of the Bachelor’s degree and ten years of experience.

Qualifications

• Seven (7) years of experience in system simulation and modeling for wind turbine design and validation.
• Seven (7) years of experience in wind turbine loads measurement set-up, including data calibration and data analysis according to IEC 61400-13 standards.
• Experience leading full type certification campaigns for wind or renewable energy, including IEC 61400-13 or IECRE requirements.
• Analysis of different data formats using IMC FAMOS or MATLAB.
• Global cross-collaboration for New Product Implementation (NPI) testing, product certification, related problem solving, and test strategy build.
• System testing experience, including power performance, enhanced dynamics, and simulation testing.

Any and all experience may be gained concurrently. GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.