Lead Software/Controls Engineer

Job Description Summary

Lead engineer accountable for reliability and quality of factory developed software. Part of the technical team responsible for the Fuel Manufacturing Operation in the Nuclear business. This engineer ensures factory critical software is reliable, adequate, and meets business security requirements.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

Include but are not limited to:

• Audit the performance, security, and reliability of internally developed software by:
  • Interacting with operators, process engineers, technicians, and management
  • Interacting with technical personnel from Digital Technology (IT & Security)
  • Interacting with manufacturing equipment and processes
  • Performing code reviews
  • Utilizing code scanning services/applications
  • Documenting bugs, outages, faults, etc.
• First line of engineering escalation for software reliability or feature issues.
• Document issues, changes, and releases using a Version Control Management application (GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Subversion).
• Add features to existing software such as I/O with manufacturing equipment and local data management.
• Upgrade and port legacy software written in FORTRAN, VB6, C to modern platforms such as .NET, Node.js, Python.
• Port prototype and legacy software from OpenVMS to Windows/Linux (or others).
• Develop automated tests, diagnostic tools, and application deployment routines.
• Package and archive existing 3rd party libraries and dependencies (Artifactory, NuGet, NPM, pip).
• Use and maintain a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Enterprise and Propel.
• Develop web-based and embedded systems HMIs (Human Machine Interface).
• Develop interfaces between manufacturing equipment and software applications using industrial protocols such as GE SRTP, OPC-UA, MQTT, etc.
• Review, design, generate, update, and monitor manufacturing equipment, devices, systems, and processes in the fuel components area, including both mechanical and electrical/instrumentation aspects of equipment.
• Embrace Global Nuclear Fuel’s nuclear safety culture, where work is performed with an overriding priority on integrity, safety, security, and quality.
• Responsible for understanding safety controls for equipment and able to design, implement, execute, and review Function Test Instructions (FTIs) to ensure operability.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and quality regulations and metrics through use of compliance calendars, databases, and tracking systems.
• Develop and/or improve process automation of existing or new manufacturing processes.
• Maintain, review, update and create area operating procedures (OPS), method sheets (MS), temporary operating instructions (TOIs) and job hazards analyses (JHA).
• Responsible for supporting planned and unplanned maintenance activities.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives in the fuel components operation, including process development and design of experiments (DOE)’s.
• Identify and implement proactive solutions for incremental and step change process improvements related to safety, quality, and output through use of Lean and Six Sigma tools.

Required Qualifications:

• 4 Year Technical Degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with software development and maintenance.

Eligibility Requirements:

• This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
• Must be comfortable working onsite at the GEH facility in Wilmington, NC on a regular basis.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment, i.e. safety shoes, safety glasses, ear plugs.
• Walk up and down stairs multiple times during the day.  Occasionally climb ladders. 
• Crawling, kneeling, crouching, reaching around manufacturing equipment on a weekly basis. 
• Must be 18 years or older and have legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Must maintain after hours cell phone availability.

Desired Characteristics:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science.
• Strong aptitude for problem solving in software development and maintenance.
• Experience with OpenVMS, Unix, Windows.
• Experience with VBA and/or VB6 (Visual Basic).
• Experience with modern software development platforms such as .NET.
• Proficiency with Version Control Systems: git, GitHub, Subversion.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline technology.
• Experience with industrial control hardware: PLCs, field IO, HMIs.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $91,700.00 and $152,700.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on July 02, 2026.Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.