Essential Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Translate high-level system requirements into robust firmware architectures and low-level design specifications.
- Full-Cycle Development: Lead the design, coding, testing, and debugging of mission-critical system software for the MarkVIe platform.
- Performance Optimization: Analyze and enhance the efficiency, stability, and scalability of system resources to meet stringent power generation requirements.
- Validation & Integration: Integrate new product designs and collaborate with firmware test teams to develop, perform, and oversee formal design verification and validation (V&V) plans.
- Quality Assurance: Lead high-quality technical reviews, including detailed design, source code, unit test frameworks, and requirement documentation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a primary interface between hardware design, systems engineering, and product teams.
- Continuous Improvement: Champion automated unit and regression testing initiatives; foster a culture of continuous improvement in both product quality and development processes.
- Lifecycle Management: Manage software throughout the entire product development lifecycle, from project initiation and design to release and long-term maintenance.
- Assessment: Evaluate and integrate third-party and open-source software components while maintaining compliance with cybersecurity standards.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 5-8 years of professional experience in embedded software programming, with a demonstrated ability to perform hands-on development and complex troubleshooting on embedded targets.
- Technical Proficiency:
- Advanced C/C++ programming skills.
- In-depth understanding of microprocessor architectures.
- Hands-on experience with preemptive, multitasking Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS), with a strong preference for QNX.
- Methodologies: Proven experience in Agile development environments and automated unit testing for C/C++.
- Toolsets: Proficiency in software configuration management tools, defect tracking systems, and peer-review processes.
- Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven track record of working effectively in global, multi-functional teams.
Desired Characteristics
- Domain Expertise: Direct experience with MarkVIe control systems firmware development.
- Protocol Knowledge: Experience working with industrial communication protocols (e.g., MODBUS, Profibus, Profinet, Foundation Fieldbus, CAN, Industrial Ethernet).
- Security Mindset: Knowledge of secure software design and cybersecurity practices for industrial control systems.
- Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading global programs and mentoring junior engineers.
- Versatility: Exposure to C# development for tooling or utility applications is a strong plus.
- Initiative: A self-starter mindset with the ability to navigate complex, cross-functional technical challenges autonomously.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 5–8 years of professional experience in embedded software programming
- Hands-on development and complex troubleshooting on embedded targets
- Advanced C/C++ programming skills
- In-depth understanding of microprocessor architectures
- Hands-on experience with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems
- Experience with QNX
- Experience in Agile development environments
- Automated unit testing for C/C++
- Proficiency with software configuration management tools, defect tracking systems, and peer-review processes
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills
- MarkVIe control systems firmware development experience
- Experience with industrial communication protocols including MODBUS, Profibus, Profinet, Foundation Fieldbus, CAN, or Industrial Ethernet
- Knowledge of secure software design and cybersecurity practices for industrial control systems
- Experience leading global programs and mentoring junior engineers
- C# development experience for tooling or utility applications
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.
GE Vernova Insights
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
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