Senior Engineer - Power Systems

Job Description Summary

As a Senior Engineer - Power Systems, you will enable energy transition through research and development work across GE Vernova Electrification, Renewables and Power businesses. You will lead and contribute technically to R&D programs, technology and product roadmaps that define the disruptive future of GE Vernova’s electrical and grid technologies. You will contribute to strategic collaborations with Universities and strategic technology / business/ external partners to drive innovative electrical and grid solutions for GE Vernova.
Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

You will work with engineering, product and service leaders across GE Vernova to identify electrical and grid technology needs. You will work with researchers across GE Vernova Advanced Research center to identify technology trends with disruption potential for GE Vernova. You will identify strategic partners and create an electrical systems technology roadmap. You will work with business partners to define strategy and then lead and contribute to drive breakthrough impact to GE Vernova businesses. You will collaborate with these key partners and executives as well as with external partners to:

• Build a robust portfolio of Research programs to drive the Electrification strategy for GE Vernova with programs in engineering across GE Vernova.
• Lead and deliver early-stage technology development with high disruption potential and mature these technologies from initial concept to successful product introduction.
• Coordinate disruptive technology efforts in close collaboration with our GEV businesses and ensure that such efforts are incorporated into long-term multi-generational technology and product roadmaps and plans.
• Lead and deliver demonstrations of new technology development in the lab to internal and external customers.
• Understand and contribute to technology and product roadmaps to ensure our businesses have a multi-year strategic plan that is competitive.
• Contribute to the GE Vernova wide electrification, renewables and power strategy for safety, quality and productivity.  Work with each business to identify priorities and strategies.
• Provide deep technical leadership across GE Vernova on disruptive technologies and market trends with a strong understanding of competition.

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering – Power Systems or related field with a minimum of 10 years of experience or Masters in Electrical Engineering – Power Systems with a minimum of 14 years of experience
• Minimum 8 years of experience in deploying electrical systems to business and production environments and leading technical teams and delivering large projects
• Demonstrated deep domain knowledge in electrical power systems including power system operation, control, protection, dispatch, optimization, ancillary and real time  market operation, forecast, planning, dynamics, transients, faults, arc flash, harmonics, balance of plant, generators and excitation systems etc.
• Hands-on experience in lab scale development, testing and validation of power system hardware like, controllers, relays, simulation software like, PSCAD, Matlab/Simulink, DigSilent, Python, C++, Visual Studio etc., hardware in the loop, with demonstrated ability to scale to field implementation
• Experience leading and contributing to large research programs, writing successful R&D proposals, and demonstrated ability to take an idea from concept to a product.

What will make you stand out

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary programs. Influence, facilitation, and negotiation skills; boundary-less/solution-focused approach
• Industrial experience in the field of electrical systems for industrial application with hands-on experience including modeling and simulation, coding and hardware.
• In-depth knowledge of power system domain fundamentals and applications with a strong technical acumen paired with an ability to understand a wide range of technology domains. Exceptional problem-solving capabilities including technical, program management and strategic aspects. Familiarity with multiple GE Vernova businesses and shown ability to leverage cross-business networks to achieve outcomes
• Awareness of technology in related fields such as Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Prime Movers, AI/Machine Learning, Cyber security etc.
• Shown ability to manage risk and uncertainty for self and team within a dynamic priority-setting environment. Ability to make decisions with confidence when problems or solutions are not well defined
• Strong record of peer-reviewed journal publications and conference presentations
• Benefits Available to You GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)
• Our compensation & benefits are designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.
• A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.
• GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on-the-job learning and development.

GE Vernova Advanced Research is accelerating a new era of available, affordable, and sustainable energy. We’re tackling decarbonization, renewables, and electrification with the pioneering spirit to enable a zero-carbon future. At GE Vernova Advanced Research, scientists, engineers and technicians work to provide GE Vernova's businesses and strategic partners with technical innovations for their future generation products, processes and services.

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About GE Vernova Advanced Research

GE Vernova Advanced Research is accelerating a new era of available, affordable, and sustainable energy. We’re tackling decarbonization, renewables, and electrification with the pioneering spirit to enable a zero-carbon future. At GE Vernova Advanced Research, scientists, engineers and technicians work to provide GE Vernova's businesses and strategic partners with technical innovations for their future generation products, processes and services.

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