Senior Power Electronics Engineer - Megawatt Marine Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance provided

Discretionary annual bonus

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Power Electronics Engineer to lead megawatt-scale power converter design and validation for Marine/Defense, Energy, and Industry applications. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team to specify, design, and support manufacturing and validation across hardware and software.

The role emphasizes real-time software and hardware-in-the-loop development, control of LCI/DC and cycloconverter technologies, and deep semiconductor knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics or similar from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 Years experience in power electronics, power conversion, and/or naval power systems.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance is desired.

Responsibilities

• Review detailed technical specifications for the control of large marine and naval power converters that capture customer requirements.
• Maintain ownership of all engineering artifacts associated with specific power converters on projects including software specifications, control specifications, software, control drawings, software, factory acceptance test procedures, and commissioning instructions.
• Interface with Sourcing and Purchasing to ensure suppliers products are meeting specifications.
• Interface with the Manufacturing and Test departments to ensure the power converters controls are fit for purpose.
• Create models of the power electronic controls for use by power systems engineers for performing power quality studies and system stability studies.
• Support sales by reviewing new customer requirements and highlighting differences/gaps between those requirements and power converter control capabilities.
• Collaborate with other GE PC businesses to understand power converter technologies and software employed at those factories in order to incorporate into requirements to satisfy customers in North America.
• Develop real time software and hardware in the loop systems for simulating and testing complex customer requirements.

Skills

Power electronics

Naval power systems

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

LTSpice

MATLAB/PLECS

GE PC P80i

Job description

GE Vernova seeks a Power Electronics Engineer to lead megawatt-scale power converter design and validation for Marine/Defense, Energy, and Industry applications. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team to specify, design, and support manufacturing and validation across hardware and software.

The role emphasizes real-time software and hardware-in-the-loop development, control of LCI/DC and cycloconverter technologies, and deep semiconductor knowledge.