Job Description Summary

As the Principal Engineer for Driveline Bearings, you are responsible for the overall technical underwriting and acceptance of design, development, and implementation associated with main bearings and gearbox bearings in wind turbines. You will support defining rigor for acceptance of the design decisions for driveline bearings that will result in safe, high-quality products and services that meet customer needs.

The areas associated with driveline bearings include single and dual main bearing turbine configurations as well as gearbox bearings including roller and journal bearings. For these areas, you will support Senior Principal Engineers (SPE) and Chief Engineers (CE) to set and execute a strategy associated with design processes, field issue resolution, and design tools and technology.

You will collaborate with design teams, cross-functional teams, and other designated experts across mechanical, electrical, systems, validation, and related disciplines to achieve desired outcomes, sometimes executing the work yourself. You will mentor and develop engineering talent, creating technical depth within the drivetrain bearings domain.

This is a leadership position and requires technical proficiency and adept problem-solving skill while developing fundamental capabilities for organizational advancement.

As the Principal Engineer for Drivetrain Bearings, your curiosity, problem-solving skills, and ability to lead design teams will be crucial in ensuring we can technically underwrite that our products and services are of high quality and meet customer needs. Your passion for innovation, your capacity to solve technical challenges head-on, and your ownership to develop technical talent will drive your success in OneWind Engineering.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the main bearing and gearbox Wind engineering design teams responsible for roller and journal bearing systems across all stages of the project lifecycle, spanning from conceptualization and design development to product launch and ongoing fleet operations.
• Accountable for overall technical underwriting of designs in the areas of driveline bearings, and consequently, accountability for the design itself.
• Influence technical rigor for acceptance of design decisions, DFMEA, root cause analysis, design methods and tools.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement in engineering design processes and design practices for main bearings and gearbox bearings to enable engineering design execution that results in safe, high quality products and services by working with design teams, CTHs, and cross functional teams.
• Assist design teams and sometimes execute the optimization of the design of driveline bearings ensuring compliance with industry standards, safety regulations, and customer requirements.
• Provide technical support and expertise to internal and external stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities.
• Stay informed and participate in relevant industry regulations, Intellectual Property and standards committees to influence the outcome of regulations and standards.
• Perform risk assessments and assist teams in developing mitigation strategies to address technical challenges and ensure safe, high-quality products and services.
• Provide insight to Senior Principal Engineer (SPE), Chief Engineer (CE), and Functional Managers of the Machine Head Subsystem to identify technology needs and support technology development to address those needs.
• Cultivate a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and professional growth through coaching & mentoring for controlled title holders and broader engineering team in your discipline.
• Work with people leaders to mentor and develop technical talent.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college in mechanical engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the design and application of bearings into mechanical products.

Desired Characteristics

• Prior relevant technical leadership experience guiding teams through the design process to deliver safe, high quality products.
• Strong technical expertise in the application of bearings into wind turbine mechanical subsystems with demonstrated ability to design and own engineering outcomes regarding safety, quality, and fulfilment of customer needs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams, including remote teams, through design assessments and root cause assessments.
• Experience in complex issue resolution by coordinating c