Integrated Solutions Applications Engineer

Job Description SummaryGE Vernova is committed to helping the world achieve its decarbonization goals. Consulting Services, a part of GE Vernova, our global clients (external & internal GE Vernova) a wide range of solutions across the entire spectrum of power generation, delivery, and utilization.
As part of an experienced team of consultants, the Integrated Solutions Applications Engineer will develop solutions and derisk integration of complex power systems such as data center applications and large hybrid electrical systems. We are looking for an established self-driven leader who combines strong technical understanding and business development skills with a track record of delivering world-class services and outcomes for clients.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Designing and owning the electrical integration architecture, including the development and maintenance of Single Line Diagrams (SLDs) that integrate with various GE Vernova systems, such as electrical subsystems, gas power turbines, Energy Management Systems (EMS), battery energy storage, and grid hardware and software.

• Evaluating and developing application-specific electrical system architectures, considering system stability, performance, and reliability, and performing studies and simulations to validate system behavior against defined performance requirements.

• Performing technical and techno-economic assessments of power-system stability solutions (e.g., BESS, STATCOMs, supercapacitors, MV UPS), considering performance, cost, footprint, and deployment lead time and trade-offs to identify and recommend the best-fit technology for specific customer applications.
• Defining and specifying the necessary protection functions for each electrical system component, ensuring the overall system's safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Defining and specifying the load smoothing equipment and requirements for integrated solutions lineup. Validating all equipment interfaces to satisfy customers operational requirements.
• Supporting & Leading cross-functional efforts to perform coordination studies and requirements testing for the entire power system, working closely with internal stakeholders within Consulting Services and across GE Vernova’s business units, including those in engineering, sales, and product development, to drive the growth of GE Vernova's power systems capabilities.
• Determining and implementing coordination settings and requirements for the entire power system, ensuring seamless integration and operation of all components.
• Preferred understanding of dynamic system studies, with the ability to support and interpret these studies to inform system design and optimization decisions.
• Standardizing solutions by developing reference architectures to certain repeatable applications and subsequently applying those architectures to customer projects ensuring consistency and best practices across all power systems initiatives.
• Interface with external stakeholders, including utilities and Independent System Operators (ISOs), to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, and to identify opportunities for collaboration and innovation.  Understanding of grid interconnection requirements or experience with power stability in grid connected applications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in electrical, controls, or power systems engineering from an accredited university or college.
• 5+ years of professional experience in engineering, product management or a related function.
• 5+ years of experience to leading engineering teams to high value technical solutions.
• 5+ years of experience completing. projects on-time and on-budget as either individual contributor or project manager.
• Ability and willingness to travel a minimum of 25% of the time, as required.

Desired Characteristics

• Widely recognized and awarded in industry for expertise in power systems engineering, planning and operations as well as for shaping industry policy, standards and practice
• Solid understanding of government structures and players, global energy policy, worldwide power system codes and standards, power market structures, macroeconomic impact of regulatory reform.
• Strong written and oral communication skills suitable for making presentations to internal and external business executives.
• Advanced degree in electrical, or power systems engineering from an accredited university or college.
• Ability to lead, motivate and influence individuals and teams
• At least 5-7 years of professional experience in engineering, product management or a related function
• Solid understanding of power systems phenomena including: power transfer capability, voltage stability, dynamic grid behavior, sub-synchronous phenomena, harmonics, system transients, insulation coordination.
• Solid understanding of technical regulatory standards and grid code compliance evaluation, testing and reporting
• Solid understanding of power systems equipment: generation, load smoothing & storage, transmission, distribution and industrial.  Specifically, BESS, Solid state transformers, generators, transformers, circuit breakers, arresters, shunt and series applications of capacitors, synchronous condensers, HVDC, power electronic converters for renewable energy (wind and solar) and industrial applications.Solid understanding of protection design concepts for major power systems equipment.
• Solid understanding of controls concepts for grid-interactive power systems equipment, e.g.: automatic voltage regulators, power system stabilizers, frequency response and load controls, stability controls for weak systems and plant regulator coordination, FACTS, HVDC and awareness of technology trends in power equipment.
• Preferred understanding of loadflow, dynamic stability and EMT and production simulation modeling concepts, applications and validation as well as working knowledge of key software analytical tools, e.g., PSLF, PSS/E, PowerFactory, EMTP, MATLAB, Python, PSCAD, MAPS, PLEXOS
• Industry stature IEEE, IEC, CIGRE, NERC, ANSI, AWEA, PE with 50 or more publications in technical societies, industry journals or contributions to regulatory standards
• Pending or awarded patents
• Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time, as required.

Additional Information#LI-Remote - This is a remote position