The Lead HW Engineer acts as the main technical interface between the hardware design team and other project stakeholders, including project management, project planning, regional teams, product specialists, manufacturing, and the customer. The role also supports continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and feeding them back to the relevant stakeholders.Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the technical execution of secondary hardware design within assigned projects
- Provide technical guidance and continuous direction to the project hardware engineering team
- Make technical decisions related to hardware design solutions, design changes, and implementation approach
- Review and approve hardware design work prepared by other engineers and designers within the project
- Ensure consistency, quality, and technical correctness of the overall design package
- Adapt standard design solutions, including panel drawings and technical specifications, to meet customer-specific project requirements
- Balance customer requirements with standardization, engineering quality, project schedule, and panel manufacturing milestones
- Act as the main technical connection point between the hardware engineering team and project stakeholders, including:
- Project management
- Project planners
- Regional teams
- Manufacturing / production
- Product specialists
- Customers
- Provide technical support to production and manufacturing during project execution
- Participate in technical discussions with customers and other stakeholders as the hardware engineering representative
- Capture project-specific lessons learned and communicate them to product specialists and other relevant stakeholders
- Contribute to continuous improvement of standard design packages, engineering practices, and ways of working
Main Technical Scope
The Lead HW Engineer is typically responsible for the technical leadership of work related to:
- Panel drawings and project-specific design modifications
- Input data and guidelines for Low Voltage (LV) cabling design
- Technical specifications and hardware-related documentation
- Design review, validation, and implementation support
Expected Role in the Project Team
Within the project team, the Lead HW Engineer is expected to:
- Take ownership of the technical hardware design concept and its implementation
- Guide other engineers and designers in executing the design in line with the agreed technical direction
- Clarify priorities, interfaces, and design expectations for the engineering team
- Resolve technical design issues and escalate when needed
- Ensure that the engineering team works in a coordinated and consistent way
- Maintain focus on both technical quality and delivery performance
This role is not only responsible for producing design output, but also for ensuring that the hardware engineering work of the team is aligned, feasible, and delivered according to project needs.
Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- Experience in hardware design for Protection & Control systems, substation secondary systems, or similar industrial / energy applications
- Good understanding of electrical hardware engineering principles and technical documentation
- Experience with engineering design tools such as Engineering Base, AutoCAD, CADS, E3, EPLAN, or similar tools
- Ability to assess technical solutions, make sound engineering decisions, and guide implementation by others
- Ability to work across functions and coordinate with multiple project stakeholders
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Willingness to travel occasionally
Additional Experience Considered Beneficial
- Experience in substation secondary system design
- Familiarity with electro-technical standards and industry requirements
- Experience from customer delivery projects
- Experience in design review and approval responsibilities
- Experience in technical coordination across engineering, project, and manufacturing functions
- Knowledge of panel manufacturing and delivery-driven project execution
Expected Competencies
- Technical ownership
- Decision-making ability
- Structured and solution-oriented working style
- Clear communication and stakeholder coordination
- Ability to guide and align a project engineering team
- Good judgment in balancing technical, schedule, and customer requirements
- Proactive and accountable way of working
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to work effectively in an international and multicultural environment
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Experience in hardware design for Protection & Control systems, substation secondary systems, or similar industrial/energy applications
- Good understanding of electrical hardware engineering principles and technical documentation
- Experience with engineering design tools such as Engineering Base, AutoCAD, CADS, E3, EPLAN, or similar tools
- Ability to assess technical solutions, make engineering decisions, and guide implementation by others
- Ability to work across functions and coordinate with multiple project stakeholders
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Willingness to travel occasionally
- Experience in substation secondary system design
- Familiarity with electro-technical standards and industry requirements
- Experience from customer delivery projects
- Experience in design review and approval responsibilities
- Experience in technical coordination across engineering, project, and manufacturing functions
- Knowledge of panel manufacturing and delivery-driven project execution
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
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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