Job Description Summary

As the Principal Engineer of wind blade structural components you are responsible for the overall technical underwriting and release of design concepts specifications and practices of blade structural components. Blade structural components include spar caps shells shear webs bonding addons root close out and other structural components in wind turbine blades. You will support defining rigor for acceptance of the design decisions for wind blade structural components that will result in safe highquality products and services that meet customer needs.

The areas associated with wind turbine blade structural components includes development and ownership of design concepts design principles and methods design values material partial safety factors acceptance criteria and Design Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (DFMEA) for structural components. For these areas you will support Senior Principal Engineers (SPEs) and Chief Engineers (CEs) to set and execute a strategy associated with design processes field issue resolution and design tools and technology.
You will collaborate with design teams crossfunctional teams and other designated experts across Design Systems Quality Supply Chain and Manufacturing to achieve desired outcomes sometimes executing the work yourself. You will mentor and develop engineering talent creating technical depth within the blade structural component domain.

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

As the Principal Engineer Wind Turbine Blade Structural Components your curiosity problemsolving 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 headon and your ownership to develop technical talent will drive your success in OneWind Engineering.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the design teams involved in wind blade structural components within the OneWind engineering team across all stages of the project lifecycle spanning from conceptualization and design development to product launch and ongoing fleet operations.
• Support of field quality issues new product design new technology design and repair.
• Accountable for overall technical underwriting of design concepts design specifications and practices for wind blade structural components.
• Develop wind blade component design concepts that are manufacturable. Set acceptance criteria accounting for both structural requirements and manufacturing capabilities. Where there is a disconnect develop an action plan to resolve.
• Collaborates in IP competitiveness opportunities & roadmap development across multiple domains sites or organizations. Stay informed and participate in relevant industry regulations and standards committees to influence the outcome of regulations and standards.
• Identify and drive system level continuous improvement in engineering design processes and design practices for wind blade structural components to enable engineering design that results in safe highquality products and services by working with design teams Control Title Holders (CTHs) and cross functional teams.
• Assist the design team and sometimes execute the optimization of the design of wind blade structural components 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.
• Perform risk assessments and assist teams in developing mitigation strategies to address technical challenges and ensure safe highquality products and services.
• Cultivate a psychologically safe 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 and CTHs to mentor and develop technical talent.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Engineering Mechanics or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years working experience in composite component design composite component testing or relevant experience.
• Ability and willingness to travel globally up to 10 of the time.

Desired Characteristics

• Indepth knowledge of composite component design and testing composite mechanics composite failure modes analysis and buildingblock approach.
• Familiar with composite manufacturing.
• Prior relevant technical leadership experience guiding teams through the design process to deliver safe highquality products.
• Postgraduate degree.
• Strong technical expertise in wind blade composite structural components with demonstrated ability to design and own engineering outcomes regarding safety quality and fulfillment of customer needs.
• Experience in statistical analysis holds APQP Level 2 certifications and has familiarity with the TRL/MRL processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams including remote teams through design assessments and root cause assessments.
• Experience in complex issue resolution by coordinating crossfunctional teams and demonstrating analytical problemsolving skills utilizing tools such as (FMEA) RCA 8D process etc.
• Knowledge of wind turbine industry standards and regulations as it pertains to wind turbine blade structural components.
• Experience in project management by creating a clear executable path from high level objectives and demonstrating operational rigor by ensuring the objectives are realized.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to individuals at all levels of the organization while ensuring transparency and gaining alignment with internal/external stakeholders.
• Track record of curiosity and a strong passion for identifying and turning new ideas technologies and methodologies into product differentiated outcomes.
• Experience with coaching mentoring and developing technical engineering talent to guide their professional growth and career advancement.