GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Lead end-to-end development and architecture of industrial-grade AI/ML software products, collaborate cross-functionally, integrate ML capabilities, provide technical leadership, mentor staff, and support product strategy, governance, and external representation.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Description SummaryWe are looking for an AI/ML Software Principal Engineer to drive the design and delivery of industrial-grade software solutions for external customers within our Grid Solutions business. This role combines product ownership, software architecture expertise, and a high-level understanding of AI/ML concepts, ensuring robust, scalable, and customer-ready solutions.
Principal Engineer combine a high level of technical expertise with sound business acumen and a good understanding of engineering processes. As an AI/ML Principal Engineers, you are part of a formal career path for technical personnel wanting to continue to develop and grow your technical competencies while having increasingly more impact on the business.
As recognized experts in specialized fields, you will lead/support projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact to the business. You will be responsible for major and complex assignments with long-term business implications. This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional area of expertise.Job Description#LI-Remote - This is a remote position
Principal Engineer combine a high level of technical expertise with sound business acumen and a good understanding of engineering processes. As an AI/ML Principal Engineers, you are part of a formal career path for technical personnel wanting to continue to develop and grow your technical competencies while having increasingly more impact on the business.
As recognized experts in specialized fields, you will lead/support projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact to the business. You will be responsible for major and complex assignments with long-term business implications. This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional area of expertise.Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle for industrial software solutions, from concept to deployment, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and operational constraints.
- Define and oversee software architecture for complex industrial environments, guaranteeing reliability, scalability, and compliance with industry standards.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product management, and commercial teams to deliver solutions that meet internal and external customer expectations.
- Integrate AI/ML capabilities at a conceptual level, ensuring the team understands and applies relevant algorithms where appropriate with safety-by-design, and work with data scientists.
- Act as a technical leader, providing strategic direction and mentoring team members.
Technical Leadership
- Support Consulting Engineers in business line technology strategy definition and Multi-Generational Product Plan (MGPP).
- Chair Design reviews for individual components, sub-assemblies and key engineering deliverables at tendering and contract execution stages. Support Consulting Engineers in governance and trainings to reinforce proper execution of design review guidelines.
- Identify, develop, evaluate, and introduce engineering solutions to create market winning proposals in anticipation of business product needs. Provide key technical direction to large projects during contract execution phase.
- Provide technical consultation on product problems throughout the business including supplier and field support and perform technical rescues when needed.
- Participate Patent Evaluation Board (PEB) to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage, as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company.
- Represent the business externally at conferences or in professional working bodies (IEC, CIGRE etc) and maintain active relationship with relevant academic institutions to promote research projects and other academic cooperations.
- Provide ad-hoc technical guidance to the Engineering/Technology management team as required, e.g., joining customer negotiations or supplier audits.
Engineering/Technology Practices
- Support Consulting Engineers to safeguard design qualities. Organize lessons-learnt in one’s own domain and make sure they are well documented and communicated throughout the organization to prevent repeated mistakes.
- Maintain an active role in product introduction, cost improvements, schedule adherence and problem resolution to meet business needs.
- Provide technical consultation to cross-functional teams within the business to improve or resolve manufacturing, supply, or field issues.
Competency Governance
- Develop technical competencies by establishing and delivering structured technical training schemes within one’s own business lines.
- Support Consulting Engineers in reviewing Engineering competency frameworks specific to one’s own business line.
People Development
- Actively support Consulting Engineers with staff development & succession planning.
- Participate interviews for promotions or hiring within Engineering/Technology up to the level of Senior Engineer.
- Actively mentor and coach identified high potential Engineering talents within one’s business lines.
Required Qualifications/Experience
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, or Mathematics.
- At least 10 years of experience in an engineering capacity
- Proven experience delivering software products for external customers (not limited to internal IT systems).
- Strong background in software architecture and design for industrial environments.
Desired Characteristics
- Experience with Machine Learning technologies, and software systems architecture
- Experience working in an industrial environment, with safety approach
- Ability to work across organizations in a matrix environment
- Preferably having taken a Senior Engineer role
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal, responsive and leadership skills
- Problem analysis and resolution skills
- Able to pursue Engineering integrity in adverse conditions
- Able to interface effectively with most levels of the organization
- Lean experience preferred
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, or Mathematics.
- At least 10 years of experience in an engineering capacity.
- Proven experience delivering software products for external customers.
- Strong background in software architecture and design for industrial environments.
- Experience with Machine Learning technologies and software systems architecture.
- Experience working in an industrial environment, with safety approach.
- Ability to work across organizations in a matrix environment.
- Preferably having taken a Senior Engineer role.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal, responsive and leadership skills.
- Problem analysis and resolution skills.
- Lean experience.
GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.
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The Company
What We Do
GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.
Why Work With Us
Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.
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