Senior HVDC Control & Protection Engineer

GE Vernova, Inc.; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer for HVDC Control & Protection System Application to join the HVDC NPI team. You will act as a technical authority, shaping designs, roadmaps, and governance across the organisation.

You will lead complex engineering work, mentor teams, and collaborate with GE Vernova businesses to advance HVDC control and protection technologies for a sustainable energy future.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or a related field focused on control system development, ideally with a power systems focus.
• Experience leading technical teams to deliver high-quality outputs to business deadlines.
• Experience producing high-quality requirements, design, and test specification documents.
• Strong experience developing control and protection solutions using model-based design practices in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience conducting EMT studies for power systems.
• Strong technical understanding of HVDC control and protection technology, particularly in high-availability, real-time, flexible control systems.
• Deep knowledge of control algorithm principles, implementation and integration, control software architecture, interaction studies, grid forming control, and control system verification and validation.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for business.

Responsabilités

• Act as a recognised technical authority in HVDC control and protection solutions, providing support to senior leadership and consulting engineers.
• Approve designs, review execution plans, and support engineering teams in delivering robust, high-quality technical solutions.
• Support the development and maintenance of the HVDC Control & Protection Algorithms technology roadmap and identify areas for technical advancement.
• Drive internal and external standardisation activities, including representation in IEC, CIGRE, and similar professional bodies.
• Participate in patent evaluation and support the protection of innovation and intellectual property.
• Oversee R&D programmes from concept through industrialisation and promote collaboration across GE Vernova businesses.
• Support project tendering, delivery, quality reviews, and root cause analysis for major technical issues.
• Mentor engineering talent, reinforce good engineering practice, and support technical governance across the organisation.

Connaissances

HVDC control & protection

Model-based design (MATLAB/Simulink)

Technical leadership

EMT studies

Control software architecture

Willingness to travel

Formation

Master’s or PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Power systems focus

Outils

PSCAD

Description du poste

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer for HVDC Control & Protection System Application to join the HVDC NPI team. You will act as a technical authority, shaping designs, roadmaps, and governance across the organisation.

You will lead complex engineering work, mentor teams, and collaborate with GE Vernova businesses to advance HVDC control and protection technologies for a sustainable energy future.