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Lead Fluid Systems Engineer
GE VernovaUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Dec 2025
About the role
Job Description Summary
Lead Fluid Systems Design engineer utilizes engineering principles to design systems that enable of the operation of our Aeroderivative gas turbine. This includes systems like hydraulic start, ventilation and combustion air, turbine lube oil, gas fuel, liquid fuel, generator lube oil, and other systems. The role involves selecting and sizing pumps, valves, heat exchangers, and ventilation systems for various applications, as well as determining piping system requirements and specifying control limits to ensure proper and reliable system operation.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead fluid system design reviews and coordinate necessary milestones and action items to closure.
- Develop component specifications as needed and coordinate the interface requirements to the mechanical design, electrical design, and controls teams.
- Support business critical programs like Product Cost Out (PCO) and Reliability, Accessibility and Maintainability (RAM).
- Utilize fluid system expertise to support the overall Aero internal and external customers, including Aero Services, Manufacturing, CM&U, Applications/Sales, Project Management, etc.
- Conducts component and product integration. All activities that span multiple components and products and are concerned with how to integrate for maximum performance and operability. Manages product and systems requirements, specifications and flow down. Drives validation and verification activities for the overall product/system, including system level testing. Responsible for defining product requirements for the module / component / subcontractors and partners teams. Manages interface between components and execution organizations.
Responsible for driving CTQ / Risk trades within the teams designing the components. Manages the overall product configuration and configuration control system. - Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
- In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
- Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
- A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent. Provides informal guidance to new team members.
Required Qualifications
- For roles in USA - Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline
Desired Characteristics
- Experience with AutoCAD
- Experience with Unigraphics NX
- 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
- Prior experience with system design or component selection
Note:
To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.
Additional Information
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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