Senior Engineer - Control System Performance

GE Vernova, Inc.; Stafford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer - Control System Performance for its HVDC NPI team.

You will act as a technical advisor, lead development activities, and shape the technology roadmap for high-performance HVDC control and protection solutions. You will contribute to governance, quality improvements, and the long-term evolution of HVDC system capabilities while coordinating with leadership and external bodies.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a focus on control systems.
• Experience leading technical teams to deliver outputs to deadlines.
• Experience producing high-quality requirements, design, and test specifications.
• Strong experience developing control and protection algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience conducting EMT studies for power systems.
• Knowledge of VSC and LCC HVDC technology.
• Deep understanding of control algorithms, software architecture, and verification.
• Willingness to travel for business.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical advisor to senior leadership and engineers on HVDC control system performance.
• Lead development activities within NPI programs for VSC HVDC control and protection.
• Support development of HVDC control/protection algorithms roadmaps and identify areas for advancement.
• Drive standardisation activities; represent GE Vernova in IEC, CIGRE, and similar bodies.
• Chair gate reviews and support robust design review execution.
• Assist project teams in overcoming technical challenges during tendering, delivery, and deployment.
• Act as a technical authority in major quality issues and root cause analysis.
• Support knowledge sharing and competence development across the organisation.
• Contribute to patent evaluation and technology synergies.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical advisory

Control systems

Education

Master's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PSCAD

Job description

Job Description Summary

The energy transition is driving unprecedented growth in electricity demand and transmission capacity. To accommodate this growth, transmission systems are expected to expand significantly, with HVDC technology playing a key role in connecting remote and offshore renewables, interconnecting markets, and reinforcing AC grids. Within these systems, control and protection solutions are essential to enabling safe, efficient, and reliable operation and overall system performance.

GE Vernova's Grid Systems Integration business is looking for an experienced Senior Engineer - Control System Performance to join the HVDC NPI team. This is a senior technical specialist role for an engineer who can act as a trusted consultant, strengthen design and review practices, lead advanced technology improvements, and support the development of high-performance HVDC control and protection solutions. You will play a key role in technical governance, innovation, quality improvement, and the long-term evolution of HVDC system capabilities.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a technical advisor to senior leadership and consulting engineers on HVDC control system performance
• Lead development activities within New Product Introduction (NPI) programmes for VSC HVDC control and protection
• Support the development and maintenance of the HVDC Control & Protection Algorithms technology roadmap and identify areas for future advancement
• Drive internal and external standardisation activities, including representation in IEC, CIGRE, and similar professional bodies
• Chair and contribute to technical and product development gate reviews and support robust design review execution
• Support project teams in resolving technical challenges during tendering, delivery, and introduction of new solutions
• Act as a technical authority in major quality issues and root cause analysis activities
• Support competence development, technical education, and knowledge sharing across the organisation and external institutions
• Contribute to patent evaluation, technology synergies across the business, and mentoring of engineering talent

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or a related field focused on control system solutions, 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 algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink
• Experience conducting EMT studies for power systems
• A technical understanding of VSC and LCC HVDC technology
• Deep knowledge of control algorithm principles, functional definition, implementation, control software architecture, interaction studies, grid forming control, and control system performance verification and validation
• Willingness to travel for business as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-terminal HVDC systems
• Experience with PSCAD simulation software
• Recognised expertise in HVDC control and protection algorithms

We do not expect applicants to meet all of the requirements listed. If your skills, experience, and strengths align with several key aspects of the role, we encourage you to apply.

Why Join GE Vernova

This is an opportunity to work on advanced HVDC technology that is critical to the future of energy transmission. You will help shape next-generation control system performance, influence technology direction, and contribute to reliable, resilient grid solutions that support the global energy transition.

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