As a Staff Software Engineer, in Gas Power, Steam Services ITR Engineering, you will be responsible for contributing to hands-on development with focus on product development for engineering applications and mechanical components.
You will work independently and contribute to the immediate team and to other teams across business.
You will also contribute to design discussions.
This role involves work for customers who manage critical infrastructure; based on customer requirements it will be necessary to carry out background checks and suitability assessments (e.g. UK Security Clearance (SC)) as part of the hiring process.Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- Work with engineering teams and program managers to identify business needs, define problem statements, and develop functional specifications with clear success metrics, expected productivity gains, and business impact.
- Translate user requirements into tool development plans, technical tasks, validation steps, and deployment milestones, ensuring traceability from requirement to delivery and measurable closure of committed scope.
- Upgrade and enhance design and engineering analysis applications for rotating components to improve usability, automation, reliability, execution time, accuracy, and integration with engineering workflows.
- Manage project scope, schedules, risks, communication, leadership reviews, and team coordination to deliver projects on schedule, within agreed scope, and with timely closure of key risks and action items.
- Lead application development, testing, validation, release, deployment, support, documentation, and user training, enabling adoption across domestic and global engineering teams and reducing recurring support issues.
- Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, services, global engineering, ITO/OTR, and systems engineering to align requirements, interfaces, and deployment plans, reducing rework and improving cross-functional execution.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science / mechanical engineering - master’s degree or higher preferred.
- Significantly demonstrated experience in developing, enhancing, and supporting physics-based design and engineering analysis tools for industrial or rotating component applications - Mechanical experience required
Skill Set requirements:
- Significant programming skills in C++, C, Core Java, Python, and Shell scripting, with experience developing reliable, maintainable, and high-performance engineering applications.
- Hands-on experience with aero engineering concepts, rotating component design workflows, CAD modeling, engineering automation, and physics-based design or analysis tools.
- Working knowledge of Unix/Solaris environments, software build processes, scripting, debugging, version control, and deployment practices for engineering software.
- Fortran Experience with mathematical problem solving capabilities.
- Advanced understanding of data structures, algorithms, computational methods, numerical accuracy, performance optimisation, and scalable software design.
- Extensive analytical thinking, problem-solving, communication, documentation, and collaboration skills to work effectively with global engineering and cross-functional teams.
🔒 Security Clearance Note: Some aspects of this role may involve access to information or facilities requiring UK government Security Check (SC) clearance. Candidates who hold or have previously held SC clearance, or who are eligible to obtain it, are encouraged to apply.
About us:
GE Vernova’s Power Conversion & Storage business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organisations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, power electronics systems, electrical drives and control technologies that evolve today’s industrial processes for a cleaner, more productive future. We serve specialised sectors such as energy, marine, industry and all related services.
GE’s Power Conversion business, part of GE Vernova, provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonisation, including through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.
Our engineers dedicated to Naval get involved in solving exciting challenges through leading the development and delivery of the engineering aspects of our projects. Projects that range from designing, de-risking and delivery of new power / propulsion and energy system solutions alongside digital & automation technologies to our UK and international customers both to surface and submarine systems.
Research and development are key to what we do, and you will have the opportunity to influence and play a critical role in the successful execution of programs for future surface ships, submarines and future technology programs along with the growth of a unique world class facility, its optimised operations and the development of new capabilities, tools and processes.
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or mechanical engineering
- Master's degree or higher
- Significant experience developing, enhancing, and supporting physics-based design and engineering analysis tools for industrial or rotating component applications
- Significant programming experience in C++, C, Core Java, Python, and shell scripting
- Experience with aero engineering concepts and rotating component design workflows
- Experience with CAD modeling and engineering automation
- Working knowledge of Unix or Solaris environments, software builds, debugging, version control, and deployment
- Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms, computational methods, numerical accuracy, performance optimization, and scalable software design
- Eligibility for UK Government Security Check clearance for applicable work
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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