Senior Engineer (Gas Turbine Design) in San Diego, CA
15+ years of experience
POSITION: Senior Engineer (Gas Turbine Design) in San Diego, CA
LOCATION: San Diego, CA (onsite Position)
DURATION: Full Time Onsite Position
TRAVEL: Occasionally
SALARY: Excellent Compensation with Benefits + Relocation + 401K
SKILLS: Engineering Degree, Gas Turbine Design, Product Design & Development, Product Testing, statistical & quantitative analysis, predictive modeling techniques, Analytical Thinking, Technology Advising, Project Management
DESCRIPTION:
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Senior Consulting EngineerROLE:
Leads cross-functional teams by providing technical expertise, direction and engineering support for complex design and development of technologies, components, systems, products, or services; Consultant to management in establishing best practices and standard work.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Leads new designs and teams resolving manufacturing or operational issues, for complex components and systems.
• Responsibility for design acceptance, manufacturing producibility, and validation.
• Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.
• Developing and maintaining of enterprise technology roadmaps and process improvements to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement.
• Define and implement engineering procedures to make the product or process more reliable, efficient and cost-effective.
• Understanding functional requirements and translating into detail design documents.
• Leading collaboration across the enterprise and externally to provide product solutions.
DEGREE:
• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
REQUIRED SKILL AREAS:
Analytical Thinking:
- Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Required Level: EXPERT
• Monitors industry trends and directions and discusses possible impact on internal strategies.
• Champions the use of business intelligence applications for tactical and strategic decisions.
• Helps others discover the diverse features, parameters, or considerations to take into account.
• Implements operating metrics and performance gauges such as the balanced scorecard.
• Designs and orchestrates the use of business analytics for strategic decision-making.
• Employs statistical and quantitative analysis, and explanatory and predictive modeling techniques.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
- Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Required Level: EXPERT
• Analyzes and discusses alternatives with multiple stakeholders.
• Monitors developments in critical-thinking and decision-making models for potential use by organization.
• Coaches others in decision-making models, processes, and practices.
• Anticipates special issues and considerations for effective decision-making during a crisis.
• Shares experiences regarding optimal timing and circumstances for refraining from or making decisions.
• Differentiates between content and context of a decision.
Technical Excellence:
- Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Required Level: EXPERT
• Fosters an environment that encourages, supports and rewards technical excellence.
• Provides recognized technical leadership to an organization that includes vision, innovation, superior technical competence and the desire to excel.
• Provides highly effective solutions to very complex technical challenges, applying outstanding technical competence to understand and resolve issues.
• Champions the use of new innovations and technologies that solve technical business problems.
• Consistently applies the latest developments, practices and technologies to resolve complex technical challenges in one's general area of competence.
• Develops organizational policies, best practices and management methods that are highly conducive to technical excellence.
Technology Advising:
- Knowledge of effective advisory methods and ability to provide valued information and advice to clients regarding products, technologies, services and solutions for a specific technology domain.
Required Level: EXPERT
• Provides information regarding application of a specific technology within one's own organization.
• Describes the roles, responsibilities and key competencies of a technical advisor.
• Pursues continual learning to broaden technology area knowledge, skills and application as well as general business knowledge.
• Explains a specific technology and its application in detail.
Influencing Through Expertise:
- Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.
Required Level: EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE:
• Communicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand.
• Exhibits depth and breadth of knowledge, skill, and experience in the relevant field.
• Provides relevant, timely and objective subject matter/process expertise and key insight regarding multiple client business areas and affiliated fields.
• Provides others with information, opportunities, or resources to develop their skills in the area of expertise.
• Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking evidentiary support or impact.
• Coaches others to enhance their proficiency regarding the tenets, practices, and examples of the 'trusted advisor' credential.
Project Management:
- Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Required Level: EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE:
• Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes, and monitors significant projects.
• Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
• Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
• Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
• Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.
Product Testing:
- Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
Required Level: EXPERT
• Predicts industry and marketplace trends; explores new methods and technologies.
• Leads the evaluation, selection, and implementation of testing approaches, tools and scenarios.
• Mentors others in improving the throughput and efficiency of the manufacturing test processes.
• Oversees the testing processes of multiple products in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Consults on product-testing costs, tools, approaches and benefits.
• Directs the development of standards, guidelines and best practices for testing.
Product Design and Development:
- Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
Required Level: EXPERT
• Leads in designing and implementing new production and distribution methods.
• Advocates the development of new technologies and tools for product design and development.
• Leads cross-functional teams assembled for the purpose of product design and development.
• Develops organizational best practices for the management of product design and development.
• Establishes new product development strategies and processes for the organization.
• Predicts future trends of product design and development.
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