Systems Engineering – Thermal analysis – Onshore

Descripción de la oferta

3047495
City

Barcelona
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Renewable Energy
Business Segment

Renewable Energy OnShore Wind
Function

Engineering/Technology
Country/Territory

Spain
Postal Code

08005
Role Summary/Purpose

The Systems Thermal Engineer should have expertise on system level thermal management for Wind Turbines. He/she will work with subsystems SILs and component owners to define system level strategy to manage thermal conditions inside wind turbine. He/she will develop strategies to expand Wind Turbine thermal capabilities and specify design requirement for component regarding thermal environment.
Essential Responsibilities

·  Provide technical solutions and design support for Wind Turbine Thermal Balance

·  Provide analysis and data processing leading to the identification and reduction of temperatures inside the wind turbine

·  Provide support to develop Thermal models, including detailed CFS, simplified CFD models as well as analytical models

·  Interact with design engineers in simultaneous engineering team to provide inputs for new wind turbine design.

·  Execute experimental models to validate assessment models, methods and turbine design and to develop new technologies

·  Interact wit tool developers to provide input for next generation tools development and validation

·  Support the system level optimization targeting trade-off solutions for cost of energy reduction

·  Assess design risks and establish validation plans for new concepts in thermal design

·  Consideration of environmental conditions (temperature, air density, wind speeds and solar radiation) relative to their influence on the operation of the wind turbine regarding thermal behavior

·  Support the complete design review process regarding the thermal behavior of wind turbines and all its interaction regarding component specification, design and validation including generation of all related documentations
Qualifications/Requirements

·  Master degree in Engineering (mechanical, Aero, thermal…)

·  Strong experience in an engineering position that demonstrates knowledge in heat flow and analysis

·  Significant experience in CFD analysis tools

·  Quantitative and analytical skills for simulation results interpretation

·  Creative problem-solving skills

·  Good interpersonal communication skills to work in global organization

·  EU Work Permit - if being hired in Spain

Non-national candidates are responsible to know the minimum documentation requirements to be able to be contracted in country: NIE- Social Security Affiliation Number in Spain (NAF) and Bank Account in Spain. They must be in possession of them at the time of start hiring. GE will not sponsor this requirement.
Desired Characteristics

·  Knowledge in the field of Wind Turbine Technology

·  And wind turbine component design

·  Experience measuring fluid dynamics
About Us

GE Renewable Energy is a 9 billion dollar start-up that brings together one of the broadest product and service portfolios of the renewable energy industry. With 13,000 employees present in more than 40 countries, and headquartered in Paris, GE Renewable Energy is backed-up by the resources of the world’s first digital industrial company. We take the earth’s most abundant resources - the strength of the wind, the force of water, and the heat of the sun, - and put them to work with breakthrough technology that unleashes their true possibilities. Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 370 gigawatts capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner.

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