Lead Data Engineer, Engineering Systems & Automation

GE Vernova; Charleroi (Washington County); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Assistance

Paid Holidays

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Lead Data Engineer – Engineering Systems to lead and improve how engineering data, tools, and workflows operate across our organization. This role focuses on building scalable tools, automating processes, and integrating data across systems such as Zuken E3 ECAD, product configurators, MES, and other digital platforms.

The ideal candidate brings a strong data and automation foundation, an engineering mindset, and the ability to work across systems to improve design

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, IS, Eng Tech from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years in electrical engineering, ECAD, or PDM in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience building tools, scripts, or workflows to improve processes.
• Experience with structured data, databases, and cross-system integration.

Responsibilities

• Build tools and workflows to apply, configure, and verify standard designs efficiently.
• Develop scripts 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

Data workflows

Automation

Cross-system collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS/Engineering Technology

Tools

Zuken E3

ECAD platforms

SQL Databases

Job description

GE Vernova seeks a Lead Data Engineer – Engineering Systems to lead and improve how engineering data, tools, and workflows operate across our organization. This role focuses on building scalable tools, automating processes, and integrating data across systems such as Zuken E3 ECAD, product configurators, MES, and other digital platforms.

The ideal candidate brings a strong data and automation foundation, an engineering mindset, and the ability to work across systems to improve design