Senior Control and Protection Application Engineer - Controls Engineering

GE Vernova, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision benefits

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life insurance

Job summary

GE Vernova in Oakbrook Terrace, IL is seeking an experienced HVDC Control and Protection Lead to oversee technical solutions and ensure customer requirements are met through reference solutions. You will lead requirements gathering, system design, and end-to-end development of HVDC control and protection systems.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Electronics or Electrical Engineering and at least 10 years of HVDC experience, with PSCAD, RSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, and real-time simulation tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related.
• Ten (10) years of experience in HVDC control and protection system design.
• Experience with HVDC Control, Protection, sequencing; dynamic studies; and real-time simulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee technical solution and ensure customer requirements are met.
• Lead requirements gathering, system design, and development of HVDC control and protection systems.
• Review and approve technical documents including settings, manuals, and test plans.
• Serve as primary customer interface for technical discussions and training.
• Conduct EMT studies using PSCAD, EMTP-RV, and MATLAB/Simulink.
• Lead end-to-end validation across multiple simulation platforms.

Skills

HVDC Control

HVDC Protection

Dynamic performance studies

PSCAD

RSCAD

MATLAB/Simulink

OPAL-RT

RTDS

System modelling

IST/FAT/SAT testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSCAD

RSCAD

MATLAB/Simulink

OPAL-RT/RTDS

Job description

Job Description Summary

• Oversee the overall technical solution, ensuring customer requirements are met based on reference solutions.
• Lead requirements gathering, system design, implementation, and development of HVDC Control and Protection systems.
• Review and approve technical documents, including control and protection settings, manuals, test plans, and test procedures.
• Serve as the primary customer interface for technical discussions, training, and requirements clarification.
• Define control philosophies, protection and interlocking logics, and data exchange configurations.
• Lead and participate in engineering design processes, including design reviews and approval cycles.
• Ensure that all design outputs comply with industry standards, system requirements, and quality procedures.
• Conduct Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) studies using PSCAD, EMTP-RV, and model control/protection functions in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Perform network conversion, modelling, tuning, and verification using PSSE, PSCAD, and RSCAD.
• Develop full plant and system models and lead end-to-end validation across multiple simulation platforms.
• Lead root cause analysis and troubleshooting of complex VSC control and protection issues.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to junior engineers.
• Support managers in building high-performing, resilient teams.
• Recruit, develop, and mentor engineering talent to enhance organizational capability.
• Identify and implement improvements in engineering tools, processes, systems, and technical solutions to enhance customer value and operational efficiency.
• Make informed decisions regarding work processes, schedules, priorities, and operational plans to achieve departmental objectives.
• Uphold and promote SQDC principles across teams.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related.
• Ten (10) years of experience in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) control and protection system design.
• Work experience to include: HVDC Control, Protection, and Sequencing strategies; Dynamic performance studies and system modelling for VSC-HVDC schemes; PSCAD, RSCAD, MATLAB and Simulink; Translating and communicating customer requirements to drive reference solutions, process improvements, and consistent technical quality across multi-disciplinary engineering teams; Real-time simulation environments for Hardware-in-the-Loop using OPAL-RT or RTDS; System testing including: Integration System Test (IST), Functional System Test (FST), Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), and Site Acceptance Tests (SAT); and Control system studies and testing, including: Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Dynamic performance studies, Protection coordination, and Overall system integration.

Location / Work Arrangement

This position allows for a hybrid work arrangement. Candidate may work remotely two (2) days per week, while reporting to the Oakbrook Terrace, IL worksite during the remainder of the week.

GE 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).

Compensation

• For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $156,229-$207,700 annually. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location.
• This position is eligible for 10% variable incentive compensation.

Benefits

• Available health and welfare benefits include healthcare, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• Available health and welfare benefits include savings account options (such as a Health Care Flexible Savings Account, Health Reimbursement Account, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account, and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account);
• Available health and welfare benefits include an employee assistance program.
• Additional benefits include a defined contribution 401(k) plan.
• Additional benefits include employee life insurance.
• Additional benefits include optional dependent life insurance.
• Additional benefits include employee accidental death or dismemberment insurance coverage.
• Additional benefits include short-term disability.
• Additional benefits include optional long-term disability.
• Additional benefits include pre-tax transportation/commuter program.
• Additional benefits include paid holidays.
• Additional benefits include paid time off.
• Additional benefits include parental leave.
• Additional benefits include a layoff plan for salaried employees.
• Additional benefits include tuition refund program.
• Additional benefits include use of CariLoop.
• Additional benefits include adoption assistance.
• Additional benefits include optional identity theft prevention insurance.
• Additional benefits include optional personal legal assistance.
• Additional benefits include optional personal excess liability insurance.

Equal Opportunity / Diversity

GE Vernova is an 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.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Company Mission

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