Senior HVDC Verification & Validation Lead

GE Vernova, Inc.; Stafford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. seeks a Senior HVDC Product Specialist to drive verification and validation across engineering delivery, NPI, and product care. You will mentor teams and define testing strategies for HVDC control systems, ensuring quality before field deployment.

You will lead test plans, collaborate with grid and HVDC technology groups, and contribute to continuous improvement while representing the company in industry groups.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering or related field.
• Significant experience in power generation, systems design, and operation of control systems.
• Demonstrable technical leadership experience.
• Experience of HVDC control systems.
• Competent in HVDC control, protection and sequencing.
• Competent in PSCAD / MATLAB-SIMULINK and RTDS applications.
• Knowledge of test driven design techniques (CI / CI, unit testing, automated regression testing).
• Knowledge of Requirements Management and Change Control (e.g. CCB, Jira).
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and tactical direction for verification and validation of HVDC control and protection.
• Establish process to assess, review and record testing needs for each project.
• Lead the development of tests and commissioning tests at site.
• Develop and maintain Test Management Plans & Solutions.
• Coordinate HVDC testing and validation across Lab, Factory and Site testing.
• Maintain overview of project lifecycle to de-risk product development.
• Review skills and train engineers; act as approver for technical reviews.
• Support IP strategy and customer communications through project milestones.
• Represent in industry working groups as a content contributor.

Skills

Technical leadership

HVDC control systems

PSCAD / MATLAB-SIMULINK

RTDS applications

Change control / issue tracking

Education

Degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering

Tools

PSCAD / MATLAB-SIMULINK

RTDS

Jira

Job description

GE Vernova, Inc. seeks a Senior HVDC Product Specialist to drive verification and validation across engineering delivery, NPI, and product care. You will mentor teams and define testing strategies for HVDC control systems, ensuring quality before field deployment.

You will lead test plans, collaborate with grid and HVDC technology groups, and contribute to continuous improvement while representing the company in industry groups.