Full-Time
Lead Application Engineer
Updated on 9/4/2026
GE Vernova
1,001-5,000 employees
Global energy provider: power, wind, electrification
Compensation Overview
$89.3k - $148.7k/yr
Remote in USA
Remote
Up to 20% travel, which may include international travel.
Bachelor of Science (BS)
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- A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent technical degree is required.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience with substation or electrical design, studies, specifications, estimating, and construction in substation, transmission, or power generation projects for the power generation, distribution, or transmission industry is required.
- A minimum of 2 years of technical proposal writing and proposal management experience is required.
- Up to 20% travel, including possible international travel, is required, along with compliance with company travel and tax policies.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Candidates must successfully complete a drug screen when applicable.
- Serve as the technological point person for the business throughout the Inquiry to Order phase.
- Provide technical expertise and develop technical solutions, including configuration, performance estimation, and economic analysis, during the pre-Inquiry to Order requisition process while interfacing with the commercial team.
- Deliver technically high-quality proposals with processes and programs that improve proposal acceptance, effectiveness, cost competitiveness, and overall-performance risk.
- Ensure technical proposal accuracy, including technical specifications, clarifications, assumptions, exceptions, design and deliverable quantification, installation work-scope definition, cost allocation, bill of materials, and estimates for engineering, installation, testing, and commissioning.
- Perform basic studies to verify the proper specification and design of proposed solutions.
- Provide technical support for creating subcontractor and power-equipment bid packages.
- Support the commercial team in customer presentations of technical capabilities and proposals.
- Design and implement methodologies, templates, and libraries that improve the accuracy of cost estimates while reducing engineering effort for a given customer scope.
- Write technical specifications for equipment and services and work with project managers and sourcing teams to manage quotes and vendor responses.
- Work with the Proposal Manager, application engineering team, and assigned multidisciplinary engineers to provide Engineer, Procure, and Construct estimates for conventional utility, industrial, and renewable substations; protection and control and equipment programs; Systems and Communications projects; and balance-of-plant projects, including FACTS and HVDC segments.
- Use judgment to make decisions and solve moderately complex tasks or problems in operational or product management, manufacturing, technology, and engineering.
- Build consensus and use persuasion to influence others on topics within the field.
- Experience with large and complex substation project proposal development.
- Experience with full-turnkey substation solutions, including EPC and EPCI with civil works.
- Ability to develop technical strategy after understanding customer critical-to-quality requirements and defining the desired customer outcome.
- Expertise in the design of power transmission and distribution equipment and systems, electrical substations, and protection devices.
- Knowledge of equipment installation, construction, and field operations.
- Experience estimating the effort for engineering design packages, including drawings, calculations, studies, and bills of materials.
- Experience with power-system studies and applying medium-voltage, high-voltage, extra-high-voltage, and ultra-high-voltage equipment.
- Knowledge of project-estimating methods and cost-engineering theory.
- Knowledge of high-voltage and extra-high-voltage substation physical and outdoor design and construction, including foundation design and site preparation.
- Knowledge of substation protection and control schemes, supervisory control and data acquisition communication systems, factory and site testing, commissioning methods, and maintenance.
- Experience with construction, field testing, and commissioning.
- Knowledge of and experience using Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and American National Standards Institute standards and codes, including the National Electrical Code and National Electrical Safety Code.
- Working knowledge of power-systems automation equipment, supervisory control and data acquisition applications, and communication applications.
- A Professional Engineer license in the United States or Canada.
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 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.