Senior Software Engineer – Python Developer will assist in developing the PlanOS, GE Vernova’s next-generation grid planning platform designed to integrate advanced analytics, high-performance computing, and unified data management for power system studies, including steady-state power flow, transient stability, resource adequacy, production cost, and capacity expansion simulations. In this role, you will work on building scalable software solutions, optimizing system performance, and implementing DevOps best practices. This role will contribute to next-generation energy management, grid planning, and power system optimization solutions. This will also require adding functionality to the existing Python API to interface with the new python package as well as add any features which will aid in expansion planning modelling.Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
- Partner with key internal stakeholders to understand functionality needs for the Stochastic Expansion Planning module of PlanOS
- Develop Python modules to integrate the Stochastic Expansion planning capabilities into PlanOS’s Python API
- Work with the team to develop real-world test cases to prove the capabilities of the tools as they are built
- Assist with software build and Quality Assurance (QA) testing
- Work with Internal and External PlanOS users to identify desired features and capabilities
- Lead portions of the software development, demonstrating and teaching best practices to other members of the team
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering or related field from an accredited college or university
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Software Development
Desired Characteristics
- Demonstrated software development skills in modern object-oriented languages (at least one of C#, Java, or Python)
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Experience with Python, numpy, and hdf5/ h5py
- Experience with software build process, unit testing, and software QA
- Experience with Mercurial, GIT, or other distributed revision control software and developing engineering software tools
- Self-starter with the ability to lead development projects
- Knowledge of bulk electric system economics
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
- Masters / PhD degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Demonstrated application of complex mathematics and engineering to real-world electric power system problems
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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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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