About This Role
This Principal Engineer role provides technical leadership in Bonding & Joints for wind turbine blades, an area critical to structural integrity, safety, quality, and long-term performance. This Control Title Holder (CTH) role owns the technical underwriting of Bonding & Joints design concepts, specifications, practices, issue resolution approaches, and defect acceptance criteria across the full product lifecycle. This is a senior technical leadership role requiring deep domain expertise, strong systems thinking, and disciplined problem-solving, while actively advancing organizational capability and engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and guidance in Bonding & Joints for new product development, new technology introduction, factory quality issues, field issues, and repair solutions
- Underwrite Bonding & Joints design concepts, specifications, practices, issue resolution approaches, and defect acceptance criteria across the entire product lifecycle
- Drive manufacturable, high-quality Bonding & Joints solutions aligned with internal design requirements, customer expectations, and applicable industry standards
- Oversee and underwrite risk assessments, including Design FMEA (D-FMEA), and drive effective mitigation strategies
- Identify and drive system-level continuous improvement opportunities in engineering design processes and design practices related to wind blade Bonding & Joints by working with design teams, other CTHs, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Collaborate effectively across Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Systems organizations to achieve technical and business objectives
- Partner with people leaders to mentor, coach, and develop technical engineering talent
- Own and evolve the Bonding & Joints technology roadmap, aligned with product and business strategy
- Stay informed and participate in relevant industry standards bodies, regulatory forums, and intellectual property initiatives to influence technical direction and external requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, or a related discipline
- Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in composite bonding and joints design, testing, or closely related technical work
- In-depth knowledge of composite mechanics, composite failure modes, and the building-block approach to structural validation
- Working knowledge of composite manufacturing processes
- Prior experience in technical leadership roles guiding teams through structured design processes to deliver safe, high-quality products
Nice to have:
- Master's or PhD degree preferred
- Direct experience with wind turbine blade composite structural design
