Sr Software Engineer - Electricity Market Optimization

PS0178 GE Energy Management Services, LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company matching

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Senior Electricity Market Optimization Software Engineer in Bellevue, WA, to lead and contribute to development of large-scale power systems applications for utilities and ISOs. You will mentor teammates, craft design and test documents, and collaborate with customers to ensure high-quality software delivery.

The role emphasizes applying Lean/Agile methodologies, CI, and robust testing, with travel 10-20% and relocation support as needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering in power systems or Optimization.
• A minimum of Two (2) years of experience in Power systems Analysis with focus on Electricity Market Optimization application development.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering in power systems or Optimization

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and evolve software in a fast paced, agile environment using latest technologies.
• Provide domain knowledge and technical leadership to electricity markets application engineers.
• Lead and contribute to electricity market application development and ensure on-schedule delivery.
• Write design notes, testing procedures, etc.
• Provide budget estimates for new project tasks.
• Collaborate with customers to ensure software meets quality and functional requirements.
• Mentor junior team members
• Interact with Product Development Team, Customers, Partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Apply SDLC principles, Lean/Agile/XP, CI, security, scalability, refactoring, and testing techniques.

Skills

Power systems

Optimization

Leadership

Test automation

GitHub

SDLC knowledge

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (power systems/Optimization)

Two years Power systems analysis experience

PhD in Electrical Engineering (power systems/Optimization)

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Job Description Summary In this role, you will work closely with a team of 8-15 people who are responsible for enhancing, evolving, and supporting large on-premise highly-available Electricity Market Management System (MMS). The team includes power systems, database, software, and optimization engineers. As a Senior Electricity Market Optimization Software Engineer, you will contribute and lead advanced Power Systems Application software design, development, testing, integration and tuning to meet project and/or product commitments. The projects mainly consist of developing power system features for Electric Utilities, Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs).

Essential Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure
• Provide domain knowledge and/or technical leadership to a team of electricity markets application software engineers
• Lead and contribute to electricity market application development and ensure software delivery is on schedule, within budget and meets or exceeds customer expectations
• Write documents such as design notes, testing procedures, etc.
• Provide budgetary estimate for new project tasks to project leads and project managers
• Work with customer throughout the project life cycle to ensure the software meets customer’s quality standards and functional requirements.
• Mentor junior team members
• Interact with Product Development Team, Customers, Solution Providers (Partner / Integrators), and other cross-functional teams as required.
• Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, software and product security, scalability, documentation practices, refactoring, and testing techniques

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering in power systems or Optimization.
• A minimum of Two (2) years of experience in Power systems Analysis with focus on Electricity Market Optimization application development.

Desired Characteristics:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering in power systems or Optimization

Technical Expertise:

• Strong business knowledge of Wholesale Market Management System, especially PJM, Midwest ISO, Southwest Power Pool, ISO New England or Alberta Electric System Operator.
• Hands-on experience in developing optimization software designed to manage large scale systems for Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch problems .
• Continuous improvement oriented; actively generates process improvements, champions and drives change initiatives
• Highly organized and efficient; able to balance competing priorities and execute accordingly
• Strong understanding of Mixed-Integer Programming (MIP)
• Experience with testing and test automation.
• Strong knowledge of source control management and GitHub in particular.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new software development practices, languages, and tools.
• Self-starter; comfortable pulling together information from multiple resources.

Leadership:

• Serves as a mentor to newer team members in support of business goals and objectives.
• Continuously measures the completion rate of personal deliverables and compares them to the scheduled commitments.
• Provides transparency into problem solving approach and options.
• Demonstrates ability to determine fair and reasonable outcomes with shared tradeoffs.
• Demonstrates ability to define requirements and collaborate on solutions, leveraging personal technical knowledge and network of experts.
• Communication style encourages effective interaction with customer and cross-functional teams.
• Leverages knowledge of product capability to mitigate risk and drive desired outcome.

Personal Attributes:

• Great at helping others understand and adopt new DevOps skills and practices – both within your work team and with the customer.
• Detailed oriented and expect software systems to be organized and automated.
• Curiosity drives your learning.
• You naturally work to extend your sphere of knowledge of the greater system within which your components are a part.
• Comfortable planning and completing your own work.
• You can run with a list of tasks to be done, but also know when to ask questions.
• Influences and energizes others toward the common vision and goal.
• Maintains excitement for a process and drives to new directions of meeting the goal even when odds and setbacks render one path impassable.
• Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GEV.
• Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly.
• Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address seemingly unanswerable problems.

Eligibility Requirements: Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GEV may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen Must be willing to travel 10-20% of the time Must be willing to work out of an office located in Bellevue, WA if the need arises.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.

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.

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

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $127,880.00 and $191,820.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

Benefits:

• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, "GE Vernova") sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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.

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