Lead Engineer – Mechanical Engineering

Switzerland Global Enterprise

Lead Engineer - Mechanical Engineering at GE Vernova designing structural components for wind turbines. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring quality in product lifecycle management.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeBengaluru • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design engineering solutions for mechanical structural parts (Bedplate castings, Low speed Rotor lock and Shipping fixtures etc) of a wind turbine.
Work closely with other engineering teams within GE GE Vernova Wind to coordinate interfaces between mechanical systems and components.
Develop engineering drawings and specification requirements for sourcing of wind turbine components.
Perform technical risk assessment and execute validation test plans to mitigate risks.
Assist in issue resolution of mechanical components for fielded turbines.
Participate and support technical problem solving in the team.
Collaborate with cross functional teams for managing the product life cycle, contributing to component team strategy, Multigeneration Product Plan (MGPP) and Multigeneration Technology Plan (MGTP).
Collaboration with System, Sub-System, and component Engineers to integrate components into overall turbine design while satisfying turbine and interface requirements.
Maintain “Systems Thinking” mindset and higher-level turbine system requirements to understand the needs and implications of potential component changes and impacts to the rest of the machine.
Contribute to design tool maintenance to ensure “fit for use” including design practice, design tools and lessons learned documentation updates.
Collaborate and Own risk identification and mitigation process including dFMEA and design verification.
Ensure quality of new and revised drawings, BoMs and specifications applying all GE and industry processes, standards and best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor/ Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering.
Minimum 5 years product design and development experience with 2 years in the wind industry or relevant industry in product design.
FEA knowledge and Ansys is mandatory
Excellent communication, interpersonal and project management skills
Working knowledge of CAD (preferably Unigraphics NX 3D-CAD), CAE (preferably Ansys) and PLM tools
Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of time

Benefits

Comp & perks

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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Hard Skills & Tools

mechanical designproduct designdevelopmenttechnical risk assessmentdFMEAdesign verificationFEAAnsysCAD3D-CAD

Soft Skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsproject managementcollaborationproblem solvingorganizational skillsteamworkissue resolutionsystems thinkingstrategic planning

Certifications

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical EngineeringMaster Degree in Mechanical Engineering