Combustion Product Definition Engineer

Job Description SummaryActivities contributing to the design and development of products, solutions and systems. Includes activities linked to technical improvement of existing products and components Accountable for the quality of own work. Subject to direct operations supervision/prescribed work instructions/systems checking. Executes within a well-defined operations framework. There is generally a step-by-step sequence of standard operational tasks which need to be followed to achieve an end result.

Job Description

Vernova Purpose:

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. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?

Impact you'll make:

As a Product Definition Engineer – Gas Power Engineering, you will play a key role in transforming engineering concepts into high-quality digital product definitions that power critical energy solutions. In this role, you will create and manage 3D CAD models, drawings, and product data using advanced tools such as NX, Enovia, and Teamcenter, ensuring design accuracy, manufacturability, and compliance with engineering standards. You will collaborate across disciplines to drive design integrity, improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost, and support issue resolution from design through manufacturing and field operations. This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and is passionate about continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.

Roles and Responsibilities

• CAD & Model Based Enterprise (MBE): Create high-quality 3D CAD models, production drawings, and digital product definitions using Siemens NX, continually adopting the latest digital engineering and MBE techniques.
• Design Integrity & First Pass Yield (FPY): Ensure design integrity to prevent high-risk escaping defects by rigorously maintaining and driving continuous improvements in FPY (error reduction).
• GD&T Application: Define geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) required for proper clearances and fits of gas turbine components while maximizing manufacturing capabilities.
• Quality Assurance (Self & Peer Checks): Self-check, peer-check, validate, and issue models, drawings, and Bills of Materials (BOM) utilizing standard work processes to maximize checking productivity.
• Interface Management: Lead the establishment and alignment of interface characteristics between components, ensuring cross-functional agreement between the owners of mating parts and systems.
• PLM & Data Management: Utilize applicable PLM and data management systems (Enovia / Teamcenter) to securely manage, track, and issue critical product definition data.
• Technical Documentation & Compliance: Document technical data to substantiate assigned components and assemblies in strict accordance with GE Vernova policies, engineering standards, and regulatory guidelines.
• Cross-Functional & Field Support: Provide immediate design support to cross-functional teams to help resolve manufacturing, supplier, performance, or field-service issues.
• Technical Communication & Daily Management: Effectively communicate project progress, risks, needed inputs, and technical data to stakeholders and customers through daily management routines.
• Lean, Six Sigma & Continuous Improvement: Utilize Lean and Six Sigma tools to analyze data, close procedural gaps, update standard work, and actively contribute to team-wide productivity initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 0-2 years of relevant experience and Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or a STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) from an accredited university or college.
• Basic understanding of solid modeling software and model-based product definition.
• Must be authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship now or in the future.
• Must be able to work on site in Greenville, SC at least 2 days per week.

Desired Characteristics

• Detail-oriented focus in executing on multiple projects in parallel.
• Interpersonal and leadership experience with horizontal partnering relationship building skills.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Strong team player with the ability to effectively work under pressure.
• Focus on ownership, accountability and sense of urgency.
• Experience with model-based enterprise & application of PMI to 3D models.
• Experience with Siemens (NX) CAD Software, Siemens Teamcenter.
• PLM experience with Dassault Enovia or Siemens Teamcenter.

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 $72,000.00 and $108,000.00. 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 September 28, 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.