HVDC Control & Protection Verification Engineer

GE Vernova; Stafford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Control & Protection Verification and Validation Engineer to analyze customer requirements, model HVDC control systems, and define hardware/software requirements for implementation and validation.

The role involves executing design tasks under lead engineers, developing control and protection strategies, and supporting R&D to advance products and tools, with cross‑functional training across five teams to boost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent including power systems and power electronics subjects.
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to identify and manage technical risks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, experienced in creating and presenting technical reports and responding to clients’ technical questions.
• Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements.
• Able to work to deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining the safety, quality and engineering integrity of the solution.

Responsibilities

• Execute, with guidance from lead engineers, the required control design, protection design & verification work packages on time and within defined budgets.
• Follow the department's standard design practices, engineering reviews and guidelines.
• Prepare control, protection and sequencing strategy specifications, design, and testing with guidance from lead engineers.
• PSSE/PSCAD and PSSE/RSCAD power system network conversion, modelling and verification.
• Plant modelling of HVDC system in various simulation tools (MATLAB, RSCAD, PSCAD) and its verification.
• Algorithm and state machine development in MATLAB Simulink.
• Conversion of MATLAB Simulink algorithms to other suitable time domain library models.
• Support improvements to existing algorithm/strategies for power fault recovery or instability issues during DPS studies.
• Support development of new strategies for control, protection, and sequencing to meet customer technical specifications if required.
• Support R&D teams to develop existing and new products and tools.
• Support continual improvement, increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the team through tools, methods and process improvements and coordinating with Continuous Improvement leaders.
• Cross functional training across five teams will be provided.

Skills

Power systems

Power electronics

Communication skills

Customer requirements

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

PSSE

PSCAD

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

GE Vernova in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Control & Protection Verification and Validation Engineer to analyze customer requirements, model HVDC control systems, and define hardware/software requirements for implementation and validation.

The role involves executing design tasks under lead engineers, developing control and protection strategies, and supporting R&D to advance products and tools, with cross‑functional training across five teams to boost efficiency.