Staff Software Engineer - Industrial Power Tools & Automation

IF1874 GE Energy Power Conversion UK Limited; Rugby; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova’s UK Centre of Excellence is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to contribute to hands-on development in gas power engineering applications, collaborating across teams and with customers, and supporting critical infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities include turning requirements into specifications, improving design and engineering analysis tools, and coordinating with global teams to deliver on schedule while managing risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science / mechanical engineering; master’s degree or higher preferred.
• Significantly demonstrated experience in developing, enhancing, and supporting physics-based design and engineering analysis tools for industrial or rotating component applications.
• Significant programming skills in C++, C, Core Java, Python, and Shell scripting, with experience developing reliable, maintainable, and high-performance engineering applications.
• Hands-on experience with aero engineering concepts, rotating component design workflows, CAD modeling, engineering automation, and physics-based design or analysis tools.
• Working knowledge of Unix/Solaris environments, software build processes, scripting, debugging, version control, and deployment practices for engineering software.
• Advanced understanding of data structures, algorithms, computational methods, numerical accuracy, performance optimisation, and scalable software design.
• Extensive analytical thinking, problem-solving, communication, documentation, and collaboration skills to work effectively with global engineering and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineering teams and program managers to identify business needs, define problem statements, and develop functional specifications with clear success metrics, expected productivity gains, and business impact.
• Translate user requirements into tool development plans, technical tasks, validation steps, and deployment milestones, ensuring traceability from requirement to delivery and measurable closure of committed scope.
• Upgrade and enhance design and engineering analysis applications for rotating components to improve usability, automation, reliability, execution time, accuracy, and integration with engineering workflows.
• Manage project scope, schedules, risks, communication, leadership reviews, and team coordination to deliver projects on schedule, within agreed scope, and with timely closure of key risks and action items.
• Lead application development, testing, validation, release, deployment, support, documentation, and user training, enabling adoption across domestic and global engineering teams and reducing recurring support issues.
• Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, services, global engineering, ITO/OTR, and systems engineering to align requirements, interfaces, and deployment plans, reducing rework and improving cross-functional execution.

Skills

C++

Core Java

Python

Shell scripting

C

Git

Unix

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or mechanical engineering

Tools

Git

Job description

GE Vernova’s UK Centre of Excellence is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to contribute to hands-on development in gas power engineering applications, collaborating across teams and with customers, and supporting critical infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities include turning requirements into specifications, improving design and engineering analysis tools, and coordinating with global teams to deliver on schedule while managing risks.