Senior Engineer - Power Systems

Overview

As a Senior Engineer - Power Systems, you will drive research and development across GE Vernova Electrification, Renewables and Power businesses, leading and contributing technically to R&D programs and to technology and product roadmaps for electrical and grid technologies.

What you'll do

• Work with engineering, product and service leaders across GE Vernova to identify electrical and grid technology needs.
• Work with researchers across GE Vernova Advanced Research center to identify technology trends with disruption potential.
• Identify strategic partners and create an electrical systems technology roadmap.
• Work with business partners to define strategy and lead and contribute to drive breakthrough impact to GE Vernova businesses.
• Build a robust portfolio of Research programs to drive the Electrification strategy for 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 with GE Vernova businesses and incorporate them 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 a competitive multi-year strategic plan.
• 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.
• Collaborate with university and external strategic technology, business and partners on innovative electrical and grid solutions.

What you'll need

• Doctorate 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 such as controllers and relays, and simulation software such as PSCAD, Matlab/Simulink, DigSilent, Python, C++, Visual Studio etc., including 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.

Nice to have

• 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 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.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Relocation assistance provided.
• Moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.