Full-Time
Principal Engineer
Control & Protection System Application
GE Vernova
1,001-5,000 employees
Global energy provider: power, wind, electrification
No salary listed
Stafford, UK + 1 more
More locations: Berlin, Germany
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- A Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related field, or equivalent knowledge.
- Significant experience in power electronics and HVDC LCC- or VSC-based system design.
- Strong expertise in VSC control theory, modulation strategies, and power system protection.
- Experience with PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, DIgSILENT, or similar simulation tools.
- Knowledge of IEC 61850, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standards, and grid codes for VSC and HVDC applications.
- A proven track record of leading complex engineering projects and teams.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
- Effective communication and technical documentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and make strategic engineering decisions.
- Oversee the overall technical solution and ensure customer requirements are met based on reference solutions.
- Lead requirements gathering, system design, implementation, and development of HVDC Control and Protection systems.
- Own all aspects of Control and Protection system deployment, system configuration, validation, and integration challenges.
- Participate in the Patent Evaluation Board to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage and protect the company's intellectual property rights.
- Represent the business externally at conferences and in professional working bodies such as IEC and CIGRE, and maintain active relationships with relevant academic institutions to promote research projects and academic collaborations.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies, standards, and best practices in VSC systems and power system protection.
- Define control philosophies, protection and interlocking logics, and data exchange configurations.
- Lead and participate in engineering design processes, including design reviews and approval cycles.
- Ensure that all design outputs comply with industry standards, system requirements, and quality procedures.
- Conduct Electromagnetic Transient studies using PSCAD and EMTP-RV, and model control and protection functions in MATLAB/Simulink.
- Perform network conversion, modelling, tuning, and verification using PSSE, PSCAD, and RSCAD.
- Develop full plant and system models and lead end-to-end validation across multiple simulation platforms.
- Lead Control System Studies and Testing, including Software-in-the-Loop, dynamic performance studies, protection coordination, and overall system integration.
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to junior engineers.
- Support managers in building high-performing and resilient teams.
- Recruit, develop, and mentor engineering talent to enhance organizational capability.
- Support Consulting Engineers with staff development and succession planning.
- Participate in interviews for promotions or hirings within Engineering and Technology up to the level of Senior Engineer.
- Experience with offshore wind HVDC projects.
- Familiarity with real-time digital simulation, including RTDS and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity considerations in power electronic 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 jumped 88% to 24.2 billion, driven by AI data centers.
- GE Vernova booked over 5 billion of data-center orders in 1H26.
- Management raised 2026 revenue guidance to 45.5 billion-46.5 billion and free cash flow to 11.5 billion-12.5 billion.
What critics are saying
- Wind losses widened to 275 million in Q2 2026, crushing margins.
- Vineyard Wind sued GE Vernova on April 10, 2026 over contract abandonment and blade failures.
- If offshore wind stays broken, GE Vernova exits a capital sink and loses credibility.
What makes GE Vernova unique
- GE Vernova’s gas turbines and GridOS span generation, transmission, and distribution.
- Scott Strazik is stacking 116 GW of gas contracts and 176.3 billion backlog.
- GridOS for Distribution launched February 3, 2026; Transmission followed June 9.
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GE Vernova, General Electric's former energy division spun off in 2024, reported a $176.3 billion backlog in Q2 2026, up 37% year-over-year. The company's growth has been driven by expanding cloud, AI, and data centre markets requiring increased power infrastructure. Total orders surged 89% in the first half of 2026, with Power and Electrification segments rising 99% and 131% respectively. GE Vernova expects full-year revenue growth of 19% to 22%. Despite strong performance, shares declined 5% over the past month whilst the S&P 500 gained 3%. The pullback followed Q2 results where adjusted EBITDA and earnings per share missed Wall Street expectations due to increased capacity spending and additional losses in the Wind division.
GE Vernova and Eaton released second-quarter 2026 results highlighting surging demand from AI infrastructure buildout. Vernova reported $5.50 billion in Power segment revenue with gas equipment orders up 134% organically. The company booked $2.7 billion in data centre orders during the quarter alone and expects to reach at least 125 gigawatts of gas equipment under contract by year-end. Total backlog stands at $176 billion. Eaton posted revenue of $8.531 billion, up 21.39%, with adjusted earnings per share of $3.15. Data centre revenue grew roughly 65% in both its Electrical Americas and Electrical Global divisions. The Boyd Thermal liquid-cooling business, acquired for $9.55 billion in March, generated $432 million in second-quarter revenue. Vernova guided free cash flow to $11.5 billion to $12.5 billion, whilst Eaton raised its full-year earnings guidance to $13.40 to $13.60 per share.
GE Vernova has installed AirJoule Technologies' atmospheric water generation system at its Advanced Research Center Frontier Campus. This marks the first publicly disclosed collaboration between the two companies at this scale. The system provides a live demonstration of technology designed to address water and energy needs for industrial facilities and data centres. GE Vernova is using its Frontier Campus to showcase applied research in power and energy infrastructure. The deployment forms part of broader industry efforts to tackle water use, energy efficiency, and resiliency challenges facing heavy facilities and data centres. The installation gives GE Vernova a reference point when engaging industrial, utility, and data centre customers facing water and grid constraints. The collaboration may support GE Vernova's positioning in power infrastructure projects addressing resource-constrained environments.
GE Vernova reported mixed second-quarter 2026 results, missing earnings expectations but beating revenue estimates. The company posted revenues of $11.1 billion, up 22% year over year, driven by equipment growth in its Power and Electrification segments. Orders surged 88% organically to $24.2 billion, whilst backlog grew by $13 billion sequentially. The Power segment saw orders jump 134% organically, with revenues increasing 14% to $5.5 billion. Electrification revenues rose 66% organically to $6.3 billion. GE Vernova raised its 2026 guidance, now expecting revenues of $45.5-$46.5 billion and free cash flow of $11.5-$12.5 billion, up from previous forecasts. Data centre orders have exceeded $5 billion year to date, more than doubling 2025 figures, as the company benefits from growing electricity demand and grid modernisation efforts.
GE CEO Larry Culp has orchestrated what many industry leaders consider the greatest corporate turnaround in modern business history. When he took over in 2018, GE's market capitalisation stood at $96 billion, down over 80% from its 2000 peak, with $150 billion in crushing debt. Today, the three companies Culp created from GE's breakup — GE Aerospace, GE Vernova, and GE HealthCare — have a combined market value of $689 billion. The trio has delivered annualised returns of roughly 30% since Culp's arrival, double the S&P 500's performance. GE Vernova has jumped over 600% whilst GE Aerospace has risen more than 160%. Culp's approach centred on lean manufacturing principles learnt from the Toyota Production System. He decentralised operations, eliminated three-quarters of central staff positions, and fostered a culture encouraging managers to spotlight problems rather than successes.