Senior HVDC Control & Protection Engineer

GE Vernova; Creswell; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova’s Grid Systems Integration group seeks an experienced Senior Engineer for HVDC Control & Protection System Application. The role combines technical authority with hands-on design oversight, supporting the NPI HVDC team and guiding complex improvements across the technology roadmap.

You will collaborate with GE Vernova’s global teams, lead design reviews, and drive governance to ensure robust, high-quality HVDC solutions that meet demanding performance and reliability targets.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or related field focused on control system development, ideally with a power systems focus
• Experience leading technical teams to deliver outputs to 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

HVDC control

Protection systems

Model-based design (MATLAB/Simulink)

Leadership

Technical governance

Travel willingness

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PSCAD

Job description

GE Vernova’s Grid Systems Integration group seeks an experienced Senior Engineer for HVDC Control & Protection System Application. The role combines technical authority with hands-on design oversight, supporting the NPI HVDC team and guiding complex improvements across the technology roadmap.

You will collaborate with GE Vernova’s global teams, lead design reviews, and drive governance to ensure robust, high-quality HVDC solutions that meet demanding performance and reliability targets.