Principal Engineer - Power Systems

RE1055 GE Renewable Energy Technologies Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova's Advanced Research team seeks a Principal Engineer for Power Systems to act as a technical visionary, shaping research strategy across electrification, renewables, and grid technology.

You will lead high-impact programs, scale lab work to field deployment with PSCAD/Matlab/Simulink, and mentor teams while advancing AI-assisted scientific outputs.

Relocation assistance provided; Doctorate or Master's with extensive experience required.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) with 15+ years' experience, or MSc with 18+ years' experience.
• Strong mastery of power system operations, controls, protection, and grid dynamics.
• Proven ability to scale lab developments (HIL, PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink) to field deployment.
• Proven record of leading large research programs and proposal development.

Responsibilities

• Shape research strategy across electrification technology domain and foster university/government/partner collaborations.
• Architect solutions for complex electrical grid systems from generation to load.
• Own the organization's most challenging technical problems in power systems.
• Lead AI-assisted validation and mentor teams in responsible GenAI use.
• Translate strategy into concrete goals and align roadmaps with business objectives.

Skills

Power systems

Systems thinking

Research leadership

Collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)

Master's in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)

Tools

PSC­AD

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world? What impact you’ll make As a Principal Engineer for Power Systems in the Advanced Research team, you will serve as a technical visionary within GE Vernova. You will shape research strategy across our electrification, renewables, and power businesses, defining the future of grid technology. You are expected to demonstrate technical mastery in an industrial context, shaping how the organization defines and quantifies technical priorities, and influencing R&D direction across multidisciplinary teams.

Essential Responsibilities

• Shape research strategy across the Electrification technology domain, generating breakthrough ideas and fostering collaborations with universities, government agencies, and strategic business partners
• Architect solutions across complex electrical grid systems from generation to load.
• Comprehend intricate system relationships to make intelligent decisions and build systems-thinking capability across disciplines of power systems and power electronics within teams
• Own the organization's most difficult technical challenges in power systems.
• Convert innovation into strategies that advance organizational objectives and deliver highly innovative solutions to complex, ambiguous problems
• Leverage an extensive internal/external network to align leaders and stakeholders around major technical opportunities.
• Act as the organization focal point for championing high-stakes technical decisions
• Demonstrate strong ability to adapt GenAI tools to improve the quality and depth of scientific output.
• Lead by example in the rigorous validation of AI-assisted outputs and mentor others in responsible GenAI use

Qualifications/Requirements

• Education: Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) + 15 years experience, OR Master’s in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) + 18 years experience
• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated technical mastery in power system operations, controls, protection, and grid dynamics.
• Proven ability to scale lab-scale developments (e.g., hardware-in-the-loop, PSCAD, Matlab/Simulink) to field implementation
• Research Leadership: Proven record of leading large research programs, writing successful R&D proposals, and taking concepts to product introduction

Desired Characteristics

• Consistently exhibit curiosity, scientific integrity, humility, transparency, and focus
• Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, challenge legacy thinking, and share lessons learned to strengthen collective capability
• Grow best teams for the hardest problems, act as a strategic mentor, and foster cross-organizational collaboration
• Demonstrate ability to translate strategy into specific goals and ensure electrical technology roadmaps link to business objectives and customer vision

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