Technical Leader - Testing

GE Vernova•Greenville, SC

About The Position

This role provides technical leadership to the validation engineering team, managing full NPI program launch and contributing to prototype execution. The position involves coordinating complete validation campaigns at different test sites, guiding team members in loads domain and other validation sciences (instrumentation, data acquisition, storage, and processing). The Technical Leader will coordinate with cross-functional teams and third parties to build the validation and testing strategy for NPI programs within the MWC Segment. This role serves as a technical leader for NPI programs, supporting team members focused on Prototype installation and Loads Validation. The position involves developing NPI standard work to support certification campaign efforts, ensuring IEC standards are achieved. The Technical Leader will also lead the certification and testing tools development strategy to support critical business validation efforts and act as a VPR (Validation Planning Review) stakeholder, ensuring field testing is appropriate and can deliver required system performance understanding. Additionally, the role orchestrates reporting and communications to certification bodies, interprets abnormal data, leads troubleshooting, and conducts loads data analysis, presenting results to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related.
Ten (10) years of experience in validation and field testing of wind turbines.
Master’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related and eight (8) years of experience in validation and field testing of wind turbines in lieu of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and ten (10) years of experience.
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 to include 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 to include: power performance, enhanced dynamics, and simulation testing.
Legally authorized to work in the United States.
Successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership to the validation engineering team.
Manage full NPI program launch and contribute to prototype execution.
Coordinate complete validation campaigns at different test sites.
Guide team members in the loads domain along with other validation sciences (such as instrumentation, data acquisition, storage and processing).
Coordinate with cross functional teams and third parties to build up the validation and testing strategy for NPI programs within 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 that the IEC standards are achieved.
Lead certification and testing tools development strategy to support critical business validation efforts.
Act as VPR (Validation Planning Review) stakeholder ensuring that field testing is appropriate and can deliver required system performance understanding.
Orchestrate reporting and communications to certification bodies.
Interpret abnormal data and lead troubleshooting.
Conduct loads data analysis and present the results to internal stakeholders.