Lead Data Engineer: Engineering Data & Automation

AL7284 GE Renewables Grid LLC; Charleroi (Washington County); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance provided

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Lead Data Engineer – Engineering Systems to lead the transformation of engineering data, tools, and workflows across the organization. You will build scalable tools, automate processes, and integrate data across ECAD, product configurators, MES, and other platforms, improving data quality and governance.

The role partners with engineering and IT to standardize designs, manage the component library, and drive efficiency through automation and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Technology, or related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in electrical engineering, ECAD systems, or product data management in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience building tools, scripts, or workflows that improve engineering or operational processes.
• Experience working with structured data, databases, and cross-system integration.
• Experience with Python or similar scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Build tools and workflows that help engineers apply, configure, and verify standard designs more efficiently.
• Develop scripts, automations, and data workflows to extract, clean, consolidate, and analyze data across engineering and business systems.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve database structure, data quality, and reusability of electrical design content.
• Integrate data and workflows across engineering and business systems, including Zuken E3 (ECAD software), product configurators, and related platforms.
• Improve and maintain engineering data structures within systems such as Zuken E3 (ECAD software) to support standardized design creation, variant logic, and option selections.
• Establish governance and control of the standard component library to drive consistency and reduce uncontrolled component selection and part number proliferation.
• Develop and maintain component library and BOM-related data structures to support migration to newer electrical CAD software versions and standardized panel layout and 3D design capabilities.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, digital, and IT teams to develop scalable solutions that improve engineering productivity and downstream execution.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with Zuken to align on software best practices, database architecture, issue resolution, and upgrade execution.
• Use data to support decision-making, identify process bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement in engineering operations.

Skills

Python

ETL/data workflows

Cross-system integration

Data governance

ECAD knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS/etc.

Tools

Zuken E3 ECAD

Database design tooling

Job description

GE Vernova seeks a Lead Data Engineer – Engineering Systems to lead the transformation of engineering data, tools, and workflows across the organization. You will build scalable tools, automate processes, and integrate data across ECAD, product configurators, MES, and other platforms, improving data quality and governance.

The role partners with engineering and IT to standardize designs, manage the component library, and drive efficiency through automation and data-driven decision making.