Sr Principal Engineer

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Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Job Description Summary• Controlled Title Holders (CTHs) combine a high level of technical expertise with sound business acumen and a good understanding of engineering processes. CTHs are part of a formal career path for technical personnel wanting to continue to develop and grow their technical competencies while having increasingly more impact on the business.
As recognised expert in Control platforms, mainly focusing on FACTS products, you normally lead or support projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact to the business.
You are responsible for major and complex assignments with long-term business implications. This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional area of expertise.

Job Description

Job Description

Main Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

    • Support Consulting Engineers in business line technology strategy definition and Multi-Generational Product Plan (MGPP).

    • Chair Design reviews for individual components, sub-assemblies and key engineering deliverables at tendering and contract execution stages.

    • Support Consulting Engineers in governance and trainings to reinforce proper execution of design review guidelines.

    • Identify, develop, evaluate, and introduce engineering solutions to create market winning proposals in anticipation of business product needs.

    • Provide key technical direction to large projects during contract execution phase.

    • Provide technical consultation on product problems throughout the business including supplier and field support and perform technical rescues when needed.

    • Participate Patent Evaluation Board (PEB) to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage, as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company.

    • Represent the business externally at conferences or in professional working bodies (IEC, CIGRE etc) and maintain active relationship with relevant academic institutions to promote research projects and other academic co-operations.

    • Provide ad-hoc technical guidance to the Engineering / Technology leadership team as required, e.g., joining customer negotiations or supplier audits.


Engineering / Technology Practices

    • Support Consulting Engineers to safeguard design qualities.

    • Organise lessons-learnt in one’s own domain and make sure they are well documented and communicated throughout the organisation to prevent repeated mistakes. 

    • Maintain an active role in product introduction, cost improvements, schedule adherence and problem resolution to meet business needs.

    • Provide technical consultation to cross-functional teams within the business to improve or resolve manufacturing, supply, or field issues.


Competency Governance

    • Develop technical competencies by establishing and delivering structured technical training schemes within one’s own business lines.

    • Support Consulting Engineers in reviewing Engineering competency frameworks specific to one’s own business line.


People Development

    • Actively support Consulting Engineers with staff development & succession planning.

    • Participate interviews for promotions or hirings within Engineering/Technology up to the level of Senior Engineer. 

    • Actively mentor and coach identified high potential Engineering talents within one’s business lines. 


Qualifications & Requirements

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

    • Extensive and demonstrated years of experience in an engineering capacity.


Desired Characteristics

    • Preferably having taken a Senior Engineer role.

    • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

    • Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills.

    • Problem analysis and resolution skills.

    • Able to pursue Engineering integrity in adverse conditions.

    • Able to interface effectively with most levels of the organisation.

    • Lean experience preferred.


Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

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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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