Engineer - Turbine Operability
GE Vernova · Posted Oct 13
Power generation, wind turbine, grid solution, and electrification services
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About the role
The Tuning and Operations team at GE Vernova is devoted to wind turbine systems modeling and operability tuning for product development and fleet support, with a strong focus on product optimization and delivering high-availability products that minimize turbine operability risks. The role works on control tuning of core operational and supervisory turbine control algorithms to meet targets on availability, performance, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and compliance with market-specific regulations such as noise and grid codes. The Operability engineer performs controller tuning and operability assessments, supports new product introduction and fleet issue resolution, and realizes system-level tradeoffs across the turbine.
What you will do
- Progressive retirement of operability related engineering risks as part of the different phases of a new product introduction (NPI) cycle, ensuring turbine operation displays adequate levels of closed-loop stability, availability, robustness, and compliance to market-specific requirements such as grid codes, noise, cold weather, etc.
- Perform controller tuning and operability assessments, collaborate with other sub-system and cross-functional teams for delivering on new products with high quality, from conceptual design to product validation stage;
- Project specific assessments to support new unit sales in ITO phase or project execution in OTR phase;
- Fleet issue resolution and root case analysis projects.
- Enable the realization of system level tradeoffs (Energy production v/s Loads, etc.) via application of controls technologies/solutions, to minimize turbine cost while pushing envelope on turbine performance and availability.
- Adopt new controller features and algorithms developed by the Controls organization as well as the ability to tune them to meet specific wind turbine systems trade-offs.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Master’s degree from an accredited university in Controls Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related disciplines with specialization in Controls.
- Familiarity with aspects of controls theory such as system modelling, closed-loop design, and closed-loop analysis.
- Knowledge in wind turbine controls tuning and optimization.
- Strong oral and written communication skills in English.
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of high-fidelity multibody simulation (MBS) software for aeroelastic simulations (Simpack, Flex5, Bladed, Hawc2, Adams, etc.).
- Some years of aeroelastic simulation experience applied to wind turbines.
- Experience in controller code development for wind turbines.
- Wind turbine system design experience.
- Basic proficiency in Matlab/Python programming, as well as GitHub version control.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, including ability and willingness to work across cultural boundaries in a global team.
Benefits and support
- Relocation assistance
About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. is a global energy company that provides equipment, services, and software to generate, transfer, orchestrate, convert, and store electricity. Operating through its Power, Wind, and Electrification segments, the company supports a broad customer base across more than 100 countries in powering economies and driving the energy transition. Formed as part of the strategic spin-off of General Electric's energy portfolio, GE Vernova is dedicated to electrifying and decarbonizing the world.
- Industry
- Energy
- Company size
- 75000+ employees
- Founded
- 2024
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer and President
Stephen F. Angel
Chairman of the Board
Lola Lin
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Roger Martella
Chief Corporate Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of Global Government Affairs
Eric Gray
CEO, Power Segment
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