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?
What impact you’ll make
As a member of the Electrical & Electronics team at Advanced Research, you will be an active contributor to the advancement of technology in the areas of Electrification and Power Generation including Renewables.Job Description
What you’ll do
As a Senior Engineer, you will enable energy transition through research and development work across GE Vernova Electrification, Renewables and Power businesses. You will lead and contribute to R&D programs, technology and product roadmaps that define the disruptive future of GE Vernova’s electrical and grid technologies. You will contribute to strategic collaborations with Universities and strategic technology / business/ external partners to drive innovative electrical and grid solutions for GE Vernova.
Essential Responsibilities
You will work with engineering, product and service leaders across GE Vernova to identify electrical and grid technology needs. You will work with researchers across GE Vernova Advanced Research center to identify technology trends with disruption potential for GE Vernova. You will identify strategic partners and create an electrical systems technology roadmap. You will work with business partners to define strategy and then lead and contribute to drive breakthrough impact to GE Vernova businesses. You will collaborate with these key partners and executives as well as with external partners to:
- Build a robust portfolio of Research programs to drive the Electrification strategy for GE Vernova with programs in engineering across GE Vernova.
- Lead and deliver early-stage technology development with high disruption potential and mature these technologies from initial concept to successful product introduction.
- Coordinate disruptive technology efforts in close collaboration with our GEV businesses and ensure that such efforts are incorporated into long-term multi-generational technology and product roadmaps and plans.
- Lead and deliver demonstrations of new technology development in the lab to internal and external customers.
- Understand and contribute to technology and product roadmaps to ensure our businesses have a multi-year strategic plan that is competitive.
- Contribute to the GE Vernova wide electrification, renewables and power strategy for safety, quality and productivity. Work with each business to identify priorities and strategies.
- Provide technical leadership across GE Vernova on disruptive technologies and market trends with a strong understanding of competition.
What you’ll bring (Basic Qualifications)
- Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering – Power Systems or related field with a minimum of 10 years of experience or Masters in Electrical Engineering – Power Systems with a minimum of 14 years of experience
- Minimum 8 years of experience in deploying electrical systems to business and production environments and leading technical teams and delivering large projects
- Demonstrated deep domain knowledge in electrical power systems including power system operation, control, protection, dispatch, optimization, ancillary and real time market operation, forecast, planning, dynamics, transients, faults, arc flash, harmonics, balance of plant, generators and excitation systems etc.
- Hands-on experience in lab scale development, testing and validation of power system hardware like, controllers, relays, simulation software like, PSCAD, Matlab/Simulink, DigSilent, Python, C++, Visual Studio etc., hardware in the loop, with demonstrated ability to scale to field implementation
- Experience leading and contributing to large research programs, writing successful R&D proposals, and demonstrated ability to take an idea from concept to a product.
What will make you stand out
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary programs. Influence, facilitation, and negotiation skills; boundary-less/solution-focused approach
- Industrial experience in the field of electrical systems for industrial application with hands-on experience including modeling and simulation, coding and hardware.
- In-depth knowledge of power system domain fundamentals and applications with a strong technical acumen paired with an ability to understand a wide range of technology domains. Exceptional problem-solving capabilities including technical, program management and strategic aspects. Familiarity with multiple GE Vernova businesses and shown ability to leverage cross-business networks to achieve outcomes
- Awareness of technology in related fields such as Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Prime Movers, AI/Machine Learning, Cyber security etc.
- Shown ability to manage risk and uncertainty for self and team within a dynamic priority-setting environment. Ability to make decisions with confidence when problems or solutions are not well defined
- Strong record of peer-reviewed journal publications and conference presentations
Benefits Available to You
GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)
- Our compensation & benefits are designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.
- A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.
- GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on-the-job learning and development.
Inclusion
At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong. Click here to learn more: https://jobs.gecareers.com/vernova/global/en/i-d-e
About GE Vernova Advanced Research
GE Vernova Advanced Research is accelerating a new era of available, affordable, and sustainable energy. We’re tackling decarbonization, renewables, and electrification with the pioneering spirit to enable a zero-carbon future. At GE Vernova Advanced Research, scientists, engineers and technicians work to provide GE Vernova's businesses and strategic partners with technical innovations for their future generation products, processes and services.
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Skills Required
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) with 10+ years experience OR Masters in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) with 14+ years experience
- Minimum 8 years deploying electrical systems in business/production environments, leading technical teams, and delivering large projects
- Deep domain knowledge in electrical power systems (operation, control, protection, dispatch, planning, dynamics, transients, faults, harmonics, generators, excitation systems, etc.)
- Hands-on lab development, testing and validation of power system hardware (controllers, relays) and simulation tools with ability to scale to field implementation
- Experience with PSCAD, Matlab/Simulink, DigSilent, Python, C++, Visual Studio, and hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Experience leading and contributing to large research programs and writing successful R&D proposals
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to lead multidisciplinary programs and influence stakeholders
- Industrial field experience in electrical systems, modeling, simulation, coding and hardware
- Familiarity with related technologies such as Power Electronics, Electrical Machines, Prime Movers, AI/Machine Learning, and Cybersecurity
- Record of peer-reviewed journal publications and conference presentations
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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