GE Vernova Hitachi - Lead Engineer – Severe Accident Analysis

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Warsaw, Warszawa, Mazowieckie, POL
In-Office
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
The Lead Engineer will oversee severe accident analysis and engineering design for new nuclear reactor projects, ensuring safety and reliability in system integration while managing complex projects.
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Job Description SummaryWe are seeking a highly experienced Lead Engineer that will play a pivotal leadership role within GE Hitachi’s Plant Systems Integration and Severe Accident Analysis team. This role is crucial for the development of new advanced nuclear reactor projects, including Small Modular Reactors (SMR) like the BWRX-300. The Senior Engineer will be responsible for engineering design support, severe accident analysis, and integration of multi-discipline activities to deliver safe and economically superior reactor designs. This role requires a strong technical background, leadership skills, and the ability to manage complex projects from concept to production.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Demonstrate accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and technical accuracy of assigned tasks.

  • Execute robust processes for severe accident analyses using MAAP and MELCOR software to support optimization of systems and component design for safety and reliability.

  • Identify, develop, evaluate, and introduce engineering solutions to meet near-term and long-range engineering needs.

  • Provide technical consultation on product problems, including guidance, direction, and training to engineers specializing in severe accident analysis.

  • Lead and provide key technical direction to large projects with critical business impact.

  • Conduct component and system integration with the overall new nuclear plant design, ensuring maximum performance, operability, and design to cost.

  • Manage product and systems requirements, specifications, and flow down.

  • Drive the identification of verification and validation (V&V) requirements at the plant, system, and component level.

  • Define plant-level design requirements for systems, components, subcontractors, and partner teams.

  • Manage the interface between systems, components, and project/product management organizations.

  • Support other GE businesses, internal and external customers, and suppliers as required.

  • Effectively communicate and provide recommendations through the analysis, preparation, and presentation of technical data to internal and external GE customers.

  • Prepare invention disclosures to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage and protect the intellectual property rights of the company.

Qualifications/Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science.

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in an engineering capacity.

  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

  • Proficiency in using MAAP and MELCOR software for severe accident analysis

Desired Characteristics:

  • Master’s or PhD in Engineering (Nuclear, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil) is preferred.

  • Experience with Nuclear Island, Turbine Island, and Balance of Plant (BOP) systems and associated safety analyses design bases.

  • Experience as a Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) at a nuclear power plant is strongly desired.

  • SRO experience in multiple capacities including on-shift, outage prep, work control, and/or training.

  • Significant commercial nuclear engineering experience in multiple capacities including Design, Licensing, Severe Accident Analysis, and/or Systems -OR- and a few years of shipyard nuclear systems engineering experience.

  • Requirements Management experience utilizing DOORS or similar tool.

  • Licensed Professional Engineer.

  • Strong knowledge of plant operations, licensing, and design bases, transient and accident analysis.

  • Strong oral and written communication skills.

Additional Information

Engineering Innovation Center (EIC) in Warsaw, Poland is an integral part of the global engineering structure of GE Vernova. The site was officially founded in 2007, as GE Gas Power focused engineering organization. Currently the site extends engineering activities for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy in Poland.

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Poland for this opening. This position requires access to and/or use of information subject to U.S. Export Control Laws, which mandate all citizenships be from the U.S. Department of Energy’s List of Generally Authorized Countries (10 CFR Part 810 Appendix A); otherwise a specific authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy will be required. More information can be found here: https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/10-cfr-part-810

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Skills Required

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in an engineering capacity
  • Proficiency in using MAAP and MELCOR software for severe accident analysis

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
HQ: , Cambridge, MA
75,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

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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