Lead Validation & Verification Project Engineer

RE1055 GE Renewable Energy Technologies Private Limited; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Lead V&V Project Engineer to head a multidisciplinary team focused on design, configuration, testing, and validation of HVDC Control & Protection and automation systems.

You will drive common global processes, robust V&V strategies, and ensure safe, high-quality execution across projects, from lab to site commissioning. The role requires strong technical leadership, hands-on testing oversight, and the ability to manage budgets, schedules, and risk while coordinating

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Proven experience in HVDC, C&P, or grid-connected systems with a focus on V&V or testing.
• Deep understanding of HVDC, system integration, and testing methodologies (RTDS, ATE, simulations).
• Experience leading and mentoring technical teams in a complex engineering environment.
• Strong budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and safety/quality adherence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to present to senior stakeholders and travel globally.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team specializing in C&P, automation, HV/LV power, and V&V.
• Provide technical guidance across Tendering, Lab Testing, FAT/FST, site commissioning, and Service.
• Plan and execute all V&V activities with defect tracking and documentation.
• Monitor budgets, schedules, documentation, and risk; drive change control and design reviews.
• Interface with internal stakeholders, customers, and suppliers; translate needs into solutions.
• Drive standardization, lean initiatives, and cost-out plans.
• Mentor engineers, manage workload and shift planning, and support the PEM.

Skills

HVDC knowledge

V&V

Team leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgets & scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering

Job description

Job Description Summary As a Lead V&V (Verification & Validation) Project Engineer, you will be responsible for leading a multidisciplinary engineering team focused on the design, configuration, testing, and validation of complex HVDC Control & Protection (C&P) and automation systems. You will drive consistent design practices, common global processes, and robust V&V strategies to ensure flawless execution across projects (OTR), NPI and product care. This role offers an exceptional opportunity for a motivated engineering leader to expand their technical and project management capabilities within an international organization delivering world-class HVDC solutions. Our Lead Engineers are essential to project success, providing technical leadership, overseeing the testing lifecycle from lab to site commissioning, and ensuring operational rigor, safety, and quality standards are strictly maintained.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a multidisciplinary team specializing in C&P systems, automation, HV/LV power systems, and V&V, ensuring solutions meet all contract, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide expert technical guidance across the project lifecycle—including Tendering, Lab Testing (RTDS/ATE), FAT/FST, Site Commissioning, and Service. Deputize for the Project Engineering Manager (PEM) when required.
• Plan, monitor, and execute all V&V-related activities, ensuring rigorous defect tracking, traceability, test documentation, and compliance with grid codes and functional specifications.
• Monitor and control engineering budgets, schedules, documentation, and risk management processes. Manage change control (CCB) and drive design reviews in line with company guidelines.
• Act as the primary technical interface with internal stakeholders, customers, suppliers, NPI, and Product Care. Translate customer needs into robust, profitable technical solutions.
• Drive improvement initiatives, standardization, and "cost-out" plans in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Apply a lean mindset to streamline review processes and eliminate redundant work.
• Lead, motivate, and mentor a team of engineers. Support their career development, manage workload and shift planning effectively, and foster a healthy, sustainable working culture (preventing burnout and ensuring team retention). Support the Project (Engineering) Manager as required and deputise for them as and when the need arises. Plan and progress all design engineering related activities.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, or an equivalent technical qualification with suitable industry experience.
• Proven engineering and project execution experience within HVDC, Control & Protection, or grid-connected systems, with a strong focus on Verification & Validation or testing.
• Deep understanding of HVDC, system integration, and testing methodologies (e.g., RTDS, ATE, simulation tools).
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams in a complex engineering environment.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, project schedules, risks, and multi-task under strict time scales while maintaining engineering integrity, quality, and safety.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to present to senior stakeholders and manage customer relationships.
• Willingness to work flexibly when required and travel globally for site support or customer alignment.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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