GE Vernova
Lead Engineer System Studies
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Lead Engineer System Studies
# Critical Role: Power System Engineer (HVDC Specialist) Category: Power Electronics, HVDC, Insulation Coordination Location: [X] (UK/EMEA)
About the Role
This high-accountability role sets solutions for High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) installations using GE’s PES power electronics solutions. Your mission:
- Interfacing with clients to understand technical needs
- Designing the most cost-effective, high-value solutions
- Specifying critical bought-out hardware
You’ll lead engineering process development, system guidance, and cross-functional collaboration—ensuring structured, innovative solutions across projects. Your visionary input impacts total cost efficiency and wraps processes around a repeatable engineering workflow.
Developing industrial solutions tools and analytical techniques alike, you’ll operate at the intersection of expertise, innovation, and community knowledge. The role demands a consultative mindset, operational excellence and compliance awareness.
Essential Responsibilities
Solution Engineering and Team Support
- Conduct insulation coordination studies:
- Simulate temporary and transient overvoltages
- Validate surge arrester energy ratings
- Support network studies for:
- Equipment interaction
- Control system coordination
- Create and report reliability/availability models of HVDC projects
- Compute project losses and report key findings to clients
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Expert-Led Technical Functionality
- Development & Industrialisation of:
- Tools and processes
- Performance metrics for critical HVDC systems (network, stability, protection)
Technical Leadership and Knowledge Transfer
- Reshape project rules, models, and tools through experiential expertise
- Stay active in HVDC technology advancement and testing strategies:
- Control/protection systems
- New modelling systems and.htm techniques
- Drive process improvement with best-in-class documentation and training programs:
- Design process refinement
- Enforcement of developing discipline
- Adherence to company policies (training, technical reviews)
Representation, Collaboration & Mentorship
- Champion the business’s external technical presence through:
- Publishing whitepapers/papers
- Infrastructure & Community Building by:
- Curating internal knowledge-sharing programs
- Mentoring peers for competence growth
Safety, Leadership & Compliance
- Legal/public-facing role: Comply with the GE Values Charter
- Identify and resolve non-conformances proactively, escalating where necessary
Environmental & Safety Commitment (EHS):
- Lead risk analysis and prevention strategies within team projects:
- Controlling operational hazards through pro-active steps
- Observing, correcting unsafe behaviour (process safety)
- Promoting hazards/near-miss reporting (stakeholder engagement)
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Qualifications / Requirements
Degree & Experience
- Qualified in Engineering (or equivalent) with specialization in power systems and power electronics, holding a minimum 2:1 classification
- Postgraduate or credible industrial credentials preferred
- Hardware interactions/case studies documentation required
- Demonstrated expertise in HVDC system design, proven by:
- Problem-solving and client interaction
Technical Proficiency
- Simulation and analytical tools (required but not limited to):
- PSCAD, PSS/E, DigSilent, MATLAB
- FORTRAN, Python, Isograph
- Reliability metrics and harmonics knowledge:
- Load-flow, short-circuit, stability (including EMT harmonics)
- Insulation coordination and equipment specifications
- Power quality studies (e.g. TRVs, Ferro-resonance, ZMP)
Soft Skills
- Skilled communicator, engaging with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Bombproof code integrity and competence delivery mindset
Desirable Skills: Prior experience in:
- Harmonic filter design (AC/DC or tunable HVDC H.Filters)
- Equipment-specific specifications for power components
- Development of GRC, EMC and interference measures
- Earthing and bonding systems
Additional Notes
- Awards/recognitions flexible but relocation not subsidized.
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