Senior Engineer - Power Systems
GE Vernova · Posted Oct 19
Power generation, wind turbine, grid solution, and electrification services
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About the role
GE Vernova Advanced Research accelerates a new era of available, affordable, and sustainable energy, tackling decarbonization, renewables, and electrification, with scientists, engineers and technicians providing technical innovations for GE Vernova's businesses and strategic partners. The Senior Engineer - Power Systems role sits within Disciplinary Engineering and Science at the Bangalore (JFWTC) site and enables the energy transition through research and development across GE Vernova's Electrification, Renewables and Power businesses. The role leads and contributes technically to R&D programs and technology/product roadmaps for electrical and grid technologies, and works with universities and external technology and business partners to develop and demonstrate disruptive power system solutions.
What you will do
- 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 deep technical leadership across GE Vernova on disruptive technologies and market trends with a strong understanding of competition.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 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.
Preferred qualifications
- 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 and support
- Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
- Path for continued on-the-job learning and development
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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