Senior Principal Engineer - Power Systems

RE1055 GE Renewable Energy Technologies Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer for Power Systems to steer the long-term technical direction of the company’s power and electrification portfolio from the Advanced Research Center. You will define enterprise-wide research programs and serve as the primary architect for multi-generational product strategies aligned to 2035 revenue goals.

You will lead global collaborations with government bodies, industry consortia, and strategic partners, shaping external technology landscapes

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) with 20+ years of experience or equivalent track record.
• Ability to define and deliver 5–10 year technology roadmaps.
• Demonstrated mastery in designing enterprise-scale power system architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year technology vision for GE Vernova across grid, renewables, and electrification.
• Act as the technical authority for high-stakes grid innovations and scale lab developments to field deployment.
• Mentor engineers and foster cross-organizational collaboration to build leadership and accountability.

Skills

Power systems architecture

Grid reliability

R&D leadership

Change agent

Education

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)

Tools

PSCAD

Matlab/Simulink

Hardware-in-the-loop

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?

Job Description What impact you’ll make

As a Senior Principal Engineer for Power Systems, you serve as a global technical authority within GE Vernova’s Advanced Research Center. You are responsible for steering the long-term technical direction of GE Vernova’s power and electrification portfolio. You will operate at the enterprise scale, defining the "state-of-the-art" for the organization, driving the adoption of exponential technologies, and serving as the primary architect for multi-generational product strategies that directly influence the company’s ability to meet its 2035 revenue goals.

Essential Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year technology vision for GE Vernova. You will translate global energy challenges into actionable, enterprise-wide research programs that ensure competitive dominance in grid, renewables, and electrification.
• Act as the technical authority for high-stakes grid innovations. Oversee the maturation of breakthrough technologies, ensuring alignment between lab-scale feasibility and industrial-scale deployment.
• Mobilize global networks, including government bodies, industry consortia, and strategic partners, to shape external technology landscapes.
• Represent GE Vernova in high-level technical forums and set the agenda for industry-wide standards.
• Serve as a primary Change Agent. You will systematically dismantle legacy silos, foster an "One Team" culture, and drive the adoption of new methodologies (including AI integration) to accelerate research throughput and improve operational excellence.
• Elevate the organization’s collective intelligence by mentoring Engineers. You are responsible for creating the next generation of technical leadership by fostering an environment of scientific integrity and high-impact accountability.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) with 20+ years of industry-recognized experience or equivalent record of sustained, exceptional technical contributions.
• Proven ability to define and deliver on 5–10 year technology roadmaps that have demonstrably moved the needle on organization-critical objectives.
• Demonstrated mastery in designing enterprise-scale power system architectures including 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 with a focus on grid reliability, decarbonization, and energy security.
• 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.

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