Power System Engineer

IF1874 GE Energy Power Conversion UK Limited; Rugby; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution

Income protection

Private health insurance

Life assurance

26 days vacation plus bank holidays

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Power Systems Engineer to contribute to naval and offshore marine projects, delivering class-leading power systems, propulsion, and conversion solutions. The role involves tendering, design, testing, and commissioning across global efforts, with emphasis on safety, efficiency, and obsolescence support.

You will work on studies, system integration, documentation, and collaboration with suppliers, with potential for HIL validation and site testing at our Whetstone facility,

Qualifications

• Knowledge of power systems and power conversion for naval/offshore/marine applications.
• Experience with power system analysis and ability to undertake supporting studies and reports.
• Ability to validate analyses with HIL or physical testing where appropriate.
• UK National and eligibility for SC level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Undertake studies and analysis using power systems simulation software and validate results.
• Support design and delivery of projects from concept to detailed design, cabling and I/O.
• Influence system/equipment design and specifications through testing and validation.
• Prepare technical documents, reports and deliverables for projects.
• Support factory acceptance tests and customer meetings.
• Assist in design validation and de-risking at on-site test facilities.

Skills

Power systems knowledge

Power conversion

Systems analysis

Technical documentation

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or eligible

Tools

Power system simulation software

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing

Job description

Job Description Summary The role of Power System Engineer is an exceptional opportunity to make a real impact at one of the world’s leading energy technology companies, providing diverse electric systems, including grid connected and islanded power and propulsion systems on large scale global projects for land based grid, offshore marine and defence applications. You will develop your career whilst developing into an important member of our class-leading team of Power System engineers. The Power Systems Engineering team delivers class leading solutions using advanced analytical tools and develops safe, efficient and operational performance-led projects. The Power Systems Engineer should expect to be involved throughout the tendering phase, detail design & development, procurement, manufacturing, test and commissioning stages of projects, and also supporting in-service aspects and obsolescence support. You will use and develop your key skills, knowledge and experience to support and influence the development and delivery of class leading Power System solutions.

Job Description

In this role you will focus on:

• Undertake studies and analysis using power systems / engineering simulation software and be able to qualify the results using theory /or first principles.
• Support the design and delivery of projects from individual through holistic solution depending on current project demands, including hardware specification, design, cabling, I/O schedules, etc…
• Influence system, equipment design and specifications, through to test and validation.
• Support product, system development and issue resolution.
• Support integration of GEV and other third party suppliers’ equipment.
• Generate technical documents, reports, studies and technical project deliverables.
• Support factory acceptance tests and customer facing meetings.
• Support design validation, testing and de-risking at our land based test facility at Whetstone.

We are looking for a professional who:

• Has applicable, or transferrable equipment and systems level knowledge and experience, ideally with deep domain experience in naval or related offshore and marine applications.
• Has detailed working knowledge on power systems, and power conversion and supporting systems, equipment and infrastructure.
• Has detailed knowledge of power systems and power systems analysis, and can undertake supporting analysis, studies and author supporting reports, and potentially validate using HIL or physical testing.
• Can work with initiative on challenges, problem solving, is ambitious and driven to succeed.
• Is working to, or already achieved CEng status.
• Is a UK National and holds, or is eligible to obtain, UK security clearance to SC level.

You can expect from us

Immersive, challenging and exciting class-leading projects. A work environment where we understand that not everyone has the same expectations about their jobs, careers and work-life balance, where we are happy to discuss flexibility. Attractive compensation. Flexible benefits that you can build into a package that suits your personal needs. Some core benefits include: Employer pension contribution (not subject to individual contribution), income protection, private health insurance and life assurance. 26 days’ vacation plus bank holidays.

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com