Lead Controls Engineer

Job Description Summary

The energy transition is driving rapid growth in electricity demand and transmission capacity. As transmission systems expand, HVDC technology plays an important role in connecting remote and offshore renewable generation, interconnecting markets, and strengthening AC grids. High-performance control and protection solutions are essential to the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of these systems.

GE Vernova’s Grid Systems Integration business is looking for a Lead Controls Engineer to join the HVDC New Product Introduction (NPI) team. In this role, you will contribute to the development and verification of HVDC control and protection solutions. Working with experienced engineers and project teams, you will carry out defined engineering activities, help resolve technical issues, and support improvements to product quality and performance.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out assigned engineering activities within NPI programmes for VSC HVDC control and protection.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the HVDC Control & Protection Algorithms technology roadmap by providing technical input and identifying potential areas for improvement.
• Develop and maintain control and protection requirements, design documentation, and test specifications.
• Participate in technical and product development gate reviews and design reviews, providing input within your area of expertise.
• Support project teams in resolving technical challenges during tendering, project delivery, and the introduction of new solutions.
• Contribute to investigations, quality improvement activities, and root cause analysis.
• Support internal and external standardisation activities, including relevant IEC and CIGRE working groups.
• Share technical knowledge and contribute to engineering capability development across the organisation.
• Support patent evaluations and identify potential technology synergies across the business.
• Provide technical guidance and day-to-day support to less experienced engineers, as appropriate.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or a related field focused on control systems, ideally with a power systems focus.
• Experience delivering engineering work to required quality, schedule, and business objectives.
• Experience producing requirements, design, and test specification documents.
• Experience developing control and protection algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience conducting EMT studies for power systems.
• Technical understanding of VSC and LCC HVDC technology.
• Knowledge of control algorithm principles, functional definition, implementation, control software architecture, interaction studies, grid-forming control, and control system performance verification and validation.
• Willingness to travel for business as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-terminal HVDC systems.
• Experience with PSCAD simulation software.
• Experience working with HVDC control and protection algorithms.
• Familiarity with technical standards or professional working groups.

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