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Job Description Summary Our mission: At GE Vernova, we are united by a single, urgent, and optimistic mission: electrify to thrive and decarbonize. The world needs us to accelerate the transition to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. Together, we have the energy to change the world. What impact you’ll make As a member of the Design Liaison Engineering (DLE) team, you will be an active contributor to the Gas Turbine Engineering (GTE) organization, providing design engineering support to our global supply chain partners.
Our team is essential for maintaining high technical rigor to ensure quality of the product is not compromised while working with a sense of urgency to drive customer fulfillment. As a DLE Lead Engineer, you will provide technical ownership of various types of gas turbine flow path hardware such as blades, nozzles, heat shields, etc. You will be responsible for applying mechanical engineering fundamentals through analyzing and dispositioning hardware deviations, overseeing second source supplier qualifications, participating in lean initiatives to reduce costs, scrap, and non-conformances, and owning specific redesign efforts through engineering drawing revisions.
This is a hands-on role requiring collaboration with engineering teams, suppliers, and factories to ensure hardware quality and fulfillment, while leading solutions for some of the biggest challenges we face in manufacturing these complex gas turbine components and assemblies. Job Description What you’ll do Provide mechanical design expertise and leverage analytical tools to analyze and deliver solutions for deviant hardware and to prevent repeat incidents.
Propose and evaluate hardware redesign opportunities to enhance manufacturability and execute changes via drawing revisions. Act as technical focal for supplier qualifications of special processes such as precision investment castings, milling, hole drilling, coatings, inspection, etc. Conduct technical reviews of design tasks and quantify risk assessments at the component, assembly, and system levels to guide business decisions.
Follow standard work and design templates for common issues and lead the continuous improvement of design and manufacturing processes or methods. Ensure adherence to technical standards in design activities, maintaining quality and accuracy. Apply strong leadership, teamwork, and communication skills to drive quality and continuous improvement both within internal GEV factories as well as external suppliers.
Apply expertise of gas turbine design and mechanical engineering fundamentals to support improvements in manufacturing capacity throughput and cost reduction. Foster a positive work environment, supporting a culture of quality and urgency in collaboration between engineering and supply chain. What you’ll bring (Basic Qualifications) Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years in a similar or related field) What will make you stand out Experience designing gas turbine hardware or similar rotating machinery, specifically hot gas path components for GE Vernova Gas Power products and annular fleet.
Experience working with manufacturing with processes such as precision forging, investment casting, machining (milling, drilling, turning, EDM), coating, shot peening, inspection, fixturing, etc. Proficient with Ansys, NX, and other analytical tools, and strong understanding of GD&T with ability to interpret engineering drawings and bills of materials. Well versed in lean manufacturing methods.
Ability to manage and execute projects on-time with team members in global locations, and rapidly shift day to day priorities based on emerging business needs. Strong organizational, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills. Ability to collaborate and build trust with team members and across global organization. Humble, open-minded, self-motivated, with ability