Job Description

The Blade Bearing Sub Module Team is responsible to design the blade bearing module for new turbines from the very first draft to the roll out for serial production. This includes design estimation, supplier engagement, bearing and side part inspection and testing as well as making sure the bearing and its side parts are structurally sound and produced to the right quality. We are also engaged in turbine upgrades, service and failure mode analysis. We are a jung  international team located in Chennai, Porto and Aarhus and are looking for support on our bolted connections in one of the above locations.

Responsibilities

As a lead engineer you will be accountable and responsible for generating creative solutions to design opportunities, in order to fulfill the product and technology road maps. You are accountable for the quality of own design work by providing robust, trusted, and efficient design solutions with highest performance and lowest cost. It is essential to work closely with your team, suppliers, and the value chain in order to deliver on projects. Your tasks can vary from complex development of new systems and concepts to implementation of improvements of existing products. You will be working in project teams supporting delivery on time with the right quality. Knowledge sharing and ensuring a pipeline of new technologies is essential in this role.

You will be accountable for understanding, clarifying, implementing  and documenting:

• The Blade Bearing Module Design  from early concept until roll out for serial production
• Design specifications/requirements from high level product specification down to component level
• Road map projects
• Improvement projects for the department, in particular in Systems Engineering domain
• Failure mode analysis

In addition you act as technical key account towards our key suppliers and develop design solutions together.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical or Materials engineering 
• Work experience minimum of three years
• Solid theoretical knowledge in design mechanical components, desirable from the Wind Industry
• A good understanding of mechanics, materials engineering and tribology
• Experience with Systems Engineering  will be desirable
• Experience with Structural computations FEA and ANSYS will be desirable

Competencies

• Comfortable with taking decisions and being responsible for following up on it
• Good communication skills at all levels of the organization
• Self-motivated but also a team-oriented person that can direct and delegate tasks and present your opinions
• Skills for, and interest in stakeholder management including coordination, planning, and reporting
• Understands value chain development in collaboration e.g., sourcing, quality, manufacturing, transport, service, and construction

What we offer

Blade Bearings and the sourrounding strucutres are no common 'of the shelf' parts, they are huge steel structures which play a crucial part in the wind turbine. They are interdisciplinary objects including a good knowledge in countless areas including mechanical and materials engineering, tribology, process engineering etc. Along with the high paced nature of Vestas design cycle and the cross functional work with multiple stakeholders, we can offer a job with high autonomy and responsibility, where no day looks like the next and opportunities to learn and grow are great. Vestas core values are simplicity, accountability, collaboration and passion and we try to live by this every day. We encourage a diverse work presence with members of different backgrounds and gender. Also, if you gained your qualifications in a different way than described above, do not hesitate to send your application.

Additional information 

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible, as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. To apply for this opportunity please submit your resume in English. Please apply until April 24. 

Skills Required

• Ansys
• FEA