Lead Engineer

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

Lead Engineer

 

Your Day-to-Day:

• Work with Manager to resource the eVinci component work identifying gaps and supporting schedule development.
• Lead key technical teams, providing oversight while delegating work and mentoring team members.
• Interface with stakeholders on design progress, technical issues, cost and schedule
• Encourage technical excellence and rigor in the group’s work, including offering peer check opportunities.
• Support manager in assuring appropriate headcount, resource qualification and critical skills to support the eVinci component design.
• Support manger in development of resources, including regular check-ins, review of TLDP progression, assignments for development, onboarding of new hires, etc.
• Work with component, system and manufacturing leads on the integration of the subsystems and work through emergent design issues.
• Work with project managers and subsystem/component leads to develop and maintain project schedules, including reviewing and driving budgets and schedule deliverables/milestones
• Identify and define technical issues, risks and challenges, direct efforts to successful resolution.
• Incorporate the use of industry, regulatory, or NRC/DOE/ASME codes, standards, and criteria pertinent to nuclear reactors in design activities.
• Provide technical guidance, direction, and collaborate with other personnel including partners such as national laboratories, sub-contractors, partners, suppliers, fabricators, and customers. 
• Adaptable and flexible to changes in strategy, market, design or manufacturing
• Work highly independent, capability of not only mentoring engineers, but also the capability of effectively leading a team of engineers in the execution of complex tasks
• Strong personal accountability for delivery of high-quality engineering.

Who You Are:
As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, (alternate degrees such as nuclear, aerospace, structural engineering, or materials science, etc. will be considered)
• Knowledge and experience in system or component level design
• Significant experience in a technical leadership role, either as a technical lead or project manager – with aspects of design, analysis and manufacturing and with the ability to manage teams in challe