Full-Time
Lead Engineer
GE Vernova
1,001-5,000 employees
Global energy provider: power, wind, electrification
No salary listed
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
In Person
Relocation assistance is provided.
Bachelor's, Master's
 Electrical Engineering (1) |
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- A bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering is required.
- At least 12 years of experience in substation protection relay systems within extra-high-voltage electrical substations, oil and gas, or power transmission industries is required.
- Experience in engineering, procurement, and construction environments with multidisciplinary teams is required.
- Experience in secondary control and protection, substation automation systems, auxiliary systems, telecom, and interface engineering up to 765 kV, 400 kV, or 220 kV and high-voltage direct-current substations is required.
- Experience or knowledge in relay testing, equipment testing, control and protection scheme testing, and at least one year of substation automation system commissioning is given additional weight.
- Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, responsive, and supervision skills are required.
- The ability to evaluate and resolve problems is required.
- The ability to manage programs and projects, document, plan, market, and execute programs, and apply established project management skills is required.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Willingness to travel internationally as required is required.
- Proven technical leadership in a complex system engineering development environment is required.
- The ability to make self-directed decisions and involve experts when needed is required.
- In-depth understanding of substation protection systems, relay technologies, relay tripping philosophies, substation automation systems, interface engineering, low-voltage auxiliary systems, and telecom panels is required.
- The ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines is required.
- Strong leadership, supportive, and team coordination abilities to guide and mentor junior engineers are required.
- Problem-solving ability, quality focus, and commitment to compliance are required.
- Design and prepare engineering drawings, including single-line diagrams, key-line diagrams, protection single-line diagrams, and control relay panels, using an electrical computer-aided design tool such as Engineering Base, E-Plan, or AutoCAD Electrical for substations up to 400 kV and 765 kV.
- Design and review substation automation systems based on IEC 61850 and their interconnections.
- Review bills of quantities and network drawings for power-line carrier communication and fiber-optic telecommunications engineering, and interface between control relay panels, substation automation systems, and telecom equipment.
- Review equipment drawings for major air-insulated and gas-insulated substation equipment, including circuit breakers, isolators, earth switches, circuit-breaker operating mechanisms, protection and diagnostic modules, transformers, reactors, and associated condition-monitoring devices.
- Perform current-transformer and voltage-transformer sizing calculations.
- Design and review control and power cable engineering for substations.
- Design low-voltage and low-tension auxiliary systems for electrical substations and interface them with substation automation systems and supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
- Perform and review protection relay application and setting calculations and coordination, including tripping analysis.
- Perform or review electrical power-system studies, including load-flow and short-circuit studies.
- Work with substation automation systems and prepare databases in automation and remote terminal unit software.
- Review and consolidate input-output mapping against scheme drawings and troubleshoot database issues in substation automation and remote-terminal-unit systems.
- Work with different makes of intelligent electronic devices, numerical protection relays, and bay control units.
- Coordinate with workgroups and the global engineering center, regions, and business lines to meet assigned project objectives.
- Experience with renewable projects, including solar, onshore or offshore wind, battery storage, or hybrid projects.
- Experience with high-voltage direct-current or flexible alternating-current transmission-system integrated project applications.
- Competency with specialized tools such as CANECO, ETAP, DIgSILENT, or equivalent.
- Additional foreign-language skills.
- Prior relay testing, equipment testing, control and protection scheme testing, and substation automation system commissioning experience beyond the stated minimum.
- Experience with substation automation systems, database preparation, input-output mapping, and troubleshooting database issues in automation or remote-terminal-unit systems.
GE Vernova is a global energy company created in 2024 to support the electricity grid and the energy transition, with three focuses: Power, Wind, and Electrification. It sells large-scale equipment, signs long-term service agreements, and provides software to utilities, independent power producers, grid operators, and large industrial energy users. Its products include H-Class gas turbines that can burn natural gas with blends of hydrogen toward 100% hydrogen, Haliade-X offshore wind turbines up to 14.7 MW, and GridOS software that unifies grid data to help manage networks and integrate renewables. By combining hardware, services, and software under GE heritage, it aims to meet rising electricity demand while accelerating decarbonization across global energy systems.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$17.6M
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 orders rose 88% to $24.2 billion, led by Power and Electrification.
- Backlog hit $176 billion in July 2026, with gas equipment expected to reach 125 GW.
- August 2026 JV with LS Electric expands GE Vernova in Korea's HVDC market.
What critics are saying
- Vineyard Wind sued GE Vernova in April 2026; blade failures damaged offshore credibility.
- Wind execution remains fragile after the 2024 blade break and court-ordered project continuation.
- If gas-turbine production slips below 20 GW in 2026, backlog monetization stalls.
What makes GE Vernova unique
- GE Vernova controls Power, Wind, and Electrification across generation and grids worldwide.
- Its gas turbine backlog reached 116 GW in Q2 2026, supporting long-duration demand.
- GridOS, HVDC, and gas turbines position GE Vernova for AI-driven electrification buildouts.
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GE Vernova and Quanta Services are positioned as resilient stocks that could withstand market volatility, according to a new analysis. Both companies are benefiting from surging demand for electrical infrastructure driven by AI and data centre expansion. GE Vernova, spun off from General Electric in 2024, has seen its stock rise more than sixfold since debut. The company's backlog expanded 37% year over year to $176.3 billion at the end of Q2 2026, nearly four times its projected annual revenue of $46.2 billion. Quanta Services, an energy infrastructure builder, reported a backlog of $53.4 billion in Q2 2026, up 49% year over year. The company's revenue is projected to grow 39% in 2026. Analysts expect GE Vernova's revenue and adjusted EBITDA to grow at compound annual growth rates of 17% and 60% respectively from 2025 to 2028.
GE Vernova has hired Claire McDonough as CFO, effective 1 January, leaving electric vehicle maker Rivian to find her successor. McDonough joined Rivian in January 2021 and helped take the company public through a $13.7 billion IPO that November. She also negotiated Rivian's technology joint venture with Volkswagen, which agreed to invest up to $5.8 billion. Rivian shares fell more than 6% following the announcement, whilst GE Vernova shares declined about 3%. Analysts cited Rivian's lack of a clear succession plan as a factor weighing on its shares. Derek Mulvey, Rivian's VP of finance, is expected to serve as interim CFO after McDonough's departure. McDonough will join GE Vernova in November, succeeding Kenneth Parks, who is retiring.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is building a foundry in Bastrop, Texas, to manufacture blades and vanes for industrial gas turbines, according to The Information. Musk confirmed the move on X, saying in-house casting could accelerate natural gas turbines coming online by up to 18 months. The initiative targets the same supply chain bottleneck GE Vernova has flagged to investors. GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said the company pushed suppliers to add capacity in 2024, sometimes providing capital for new furnaces. GE is mostly sold out through 2030 and aims to increase annual turbine production from 20 gigawatts this year to 30 GW by decade's end. SpaceX has committed over $2.8 billion to gas turbines over three years to support its Colossus data centres near Memphis. The move addresses growing power demand from AI infrastructure expansion.
GE Vernova has formed a joint venture with LS Electric to strengthen its position in the high-voltage direct current sector. Announced at the CIGRE 2026 event in Paris, the partnership will focus on South Korea's voltage source converter-based HVDC projects, which are crucial for transmitting renewable energy from the southwestern region to greater Seoul. The venture combines GE Vernova's VSC-HVDC technology with LS Electric's local capabilities and market presence. The companies also plan to pursue HVDC opportunities in other global markets. The move aligns with GE Vernova's strategy to capitalise on growing power infrastructure demand. During Q2, the company's Power orders jumped 135% year-over-year, whilst Electrification revenue grew 68%. However, the joint venture faces execution risks and may take time to generate meaningful revenue.