Job Description Summary

GE’s Power Conversion business, part of GE Vernova, provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.
Activities contributing to the design and development of products, solutions and systems. Includes activities linked to technical improvement of existing products and components Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage a team of mechanical and electrical designers to deliver design on projects. This will include project staffing, demand and capacity planning, performance appraisals etc.
• Review, update, train and adhere to design processes.
• Drive optimization for design practice and part selection across all designs.
• Regulate, manage, and drive adherence to all design artifact retention and life cycle management.
• Optimize and champion best design practice across all Engineering Designs.
• Oversee the mechanical and Electrical design of the power converter product.
• Design of standard product functions and options under the direction of the product line manager.
• Structuring each of the functions and options by considering the critical functional specifications and the principle of reuse of components for the entire product range, respecting the established design, manufacturing, and safety rules (high voltage, product safety …).
• Actively contribute to product and associated project design reviews in collaboration with the industrialization engineer and the product engineer.
• Ensure monitoring of the design of the projects he/she leads and compliance with project quality, cost, and deadline objectives.
• Design power converters in 3D CAD by integrating electrotechnical, electrical, controls, hydraulic, and mechanical functions, and components.
• Size electrical conductors (bus bar, cables, etc. according to internal rules and project power).
• Select materials, launch subcontracting and follow-up of detailed plans and assembly plans for manufacturing.
• Monitor feedback from the factory during the assembly and testing of the power converter(s) at our premises.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience
• Minimum of 5 years of significant experience in the Engineering/Technology & Design Engineering Management.

Desired Characteristics

• Proven track record managing design team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
• Strong process-oriented mindset.
• Commitment to continuous improvement.
• Strong technical background in design.
• Group leadership experience preferred.

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position