Lead Software/Controls Engineer

GE Vernova; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova in Wilmington, NC is seeking a Lead Engineer responsible for ensuring the reliability and quality of factory developed software in the Nuclear business. The ideal candidate will audit software performance, document changes and develop tests and deployment routines.

This role entails working on key engineering tasks and interacting with various technical teams. Required qualifications include a technical degree and at least two years of software development experience, with relocation assistance provided.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with software development and maintenance.
• Experience with industrial control hardware and knowledge of CI/CD technology.

Responsibilities

• Audit the performance, security, and reliability of internally developed software.
• Document issues, changes, and releases using a Version Control Management application.
• Develop automated tests and application deployment routines.

Skills

Software development

Reliability engineering

Problem solving

Education

4 Year Technical Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Git

GitHub

OpenVMS

Windows

Job description

Job Description Summary

Lead engineer accountable for reliability and quality of factory developed software. Part of the technical team responsible for the Fuel Manufacturing Operation in the Nuclear business. This engineer ensures factory critical software is reliable, adequate, and meets business security requirements.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Audit the performance, security, and reliability of internally developed software by:
  • Interacting with operators, process engineers, technicians, and management
  • Interacting with technical personnel from Digital Technology (IT & Security)
  • Interacting with manufacturing equipment and processes
  • Performing code reviews
  • Utilizing code scanning services/applications
  • Documenting bugs, outages, faults, etc.
• First line of engineering escalation for software reliability or feature issues.
• Document issues, changes, and releases using a Version Control Management application (GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Subversion).
• Add features to existing software such as I/O with manufacturing equipment and local data management.
• Upgrade and port legacy software written in FORTRAN, VB6, C to modern platforms such as .NET, Node.js, Python.
• Port prototype and legacy software from OpenVMS to Windows/Linux (or others).
• Develop automated tests, diagnostic tools, and application deployment routines.
• Package and archive existing 3rd party libraries and dependencies (Artifactory, NuGet, NPM, pip).
• Use and maintain a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Enterprise and Propel.
• Develop web‑based and embedded systems HMIs (Human Machine Interface).
• Develop interfaces between manufacturing equipment and software applications using industrial protocols such as GE SRTP, OPC‑UA, MQTT.
• Review, design, generate, update, and monitor manufacturing equipment, devices, systems, and processes in the fuel components area, including both mechanical and electrical/instrumentation aspects of equipment.
• Embrace Global Nuclear Fuel’s nuclear safety culture, where work is performed with an overriding priority on integrity, safety, security, and quality.
• Responsible for understanding safety controls for equipment and able to design, implement, execute, and review Function Test Instructions (FTIs) to ensure operability.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and quality regulations and metrics through use of compliance calendars, databases, and tracking systems.
• Develop and/or improve process automation of existing or new manufacturing processes.
• Maintain, review, update and create area operating procedures (OPS), method sheets (MS), temporary operating instructions (TOIs) and job hazards analyses (JHA).
• Responsible for supporting planned and unplanned maintenance activities.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives in the fuel components operation, including process development and design of experiments (DOE’s).
• Identify and implement proactive solutions for incremental and step change process improvements related to safety, quality, and output through use of Lean and Six Sigma tools.

Required Qualifications

• 4 Year Technical Degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with software development and maintenance.

Eligibility Requirements

• This role requires access to U.S. export‑controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export‑controlled information from the U.S. Government.
• Must be comfortable working onsite at the GEH facility in Wilmington, NC on a regular basis.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment, i.e. safety shoes, safety glasses, ear plugs.
• Walk up and down stairs multiple times during the day. Occasionally climb ladders.
• Crawling, kneeling, crouching, reaching around manufacturing equipment on a weekly basis.
• Must be 18 years or older and have legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Must maintain after hours cell phone availability.

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science.
• Strong aptitude for problem solving in software development and maintenance.
• Experience with OpenVMS, Unix, Windows.
• Experience with VBA and/or VB6 (Visual Basic).
• Experience with modern software development platforms such as .NET.
• Proficiency with Version Control Systems: git, GitHub, Subversion.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline technology.
• Experience with industrial control hardware: PLCs, field IO, HMIs.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes