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GE Vernova · 1 month ago

Principal Engineer - Verification & Validation

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

GE Vernova is seeking a Principal Engineer specializing in Verification & Validation. The role involves leading the V&V department strategy, providing technical guidance, and ensuring the quality of HVDC Control and Protection Systems through rigorous testing and validation processes.

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Responsibilities

Providing strategic and tactical direction for Verification and Validation of HVDC Control and Protection System in collaboration with Grid and HVDC technology groups

Accountable for establishing process to assess, review and record the testing needs and boundaries of each project to ensure that the control system is verified to the maximum extent possible before leaving the factory

Leading the generation of plans, procedures and specifications for the Development of Integration System Tests, Full System Tests, and Factory Acceptance Tests and Commissioning Tests at site

Accountable for developing, maintaining and Preparing Test Management Plans & Solutions

Accountable for the coordination of HVDC testing and validation process steps from Lab Testing, Factory System Testing and Site System testing leading to the Customer acceptance of HVDC Control & Protection System

Maintain a clear overview of the HVDC NTI-NPI-Project life cycles thereby de-risking the product development by clearly defining the testing needs to validate the requirements

Accountable for technical validation of processes and test specifications

Accountable for defining and executing Continuous Improvement for V&V department in collaboration with other HVDC Control & Protection Engineering teams

Ensure sufficient de-risking is included in Product plans, such that quality problems due to the introduction of new technologies are avoided when the new technologies are deployed on Projects

The Enforcement of engineering discipline and set processes across all work tasks and adherence to company policies, quality procedures and work instructions (e.g. through training, technical reviews)

Reviewing the validation and verification department’s skills, identifying any shortfalls or skills gaps to ensure the necessary training, guidance and mentoring of Engineers is in place

Serve as approver for technical reviews and quality gates / project milestones

Lead V&V team to identify opportunities for new IP development

Lead and mentor V&V team in customer communications to define quality and testing expectation from the project kick-off till final sign off

Develop and mentor V&V team members so that they can be represent the business in various Industry working groups as a key content contributor

Will be accountable in defining strategies and roadmap for development of New Engineers in the department

Qualification

HVDC Control SystemVerification & ValidationTest Management PlansControl System DesignPSCAD / MATLAB-SIMULINKRequirements ManagementTest Traceability MatrixProject ManagementInterpersonal SkillsTechnical LeadershipProblem SolvingCommunication Skills

Required

Degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering or related field

Significant and demonstrated years of experience in power generation, systems design, development and operation of Control System

Exceptional interpersonal and technical leadership skills

Experienced within Verification & Validation of HVDC Control System

Competent in HVDC Control, Protection, Sequencing strategy and HVDC Dynamic Performance Studies

Competent in PSCAD / MATLAB-SIMULINK and RTDS applications

Proactively serves on cross functional leadership teams; Makes decisions independently

Knowledge of Control and Protection cubicle Circuit Diagram, field cabling protection relays, HV/MV/LV switchgear, IED's and Distributed control system

Knowledge of Test-Driven Design techniques (e.g. CI / Continuous Integration, Unit Testing, Automated Regression testing)

Competent in Requirements Management and Test Traceability Matrix

Knowledge of Change Control and issue tracking (e.g. CCB, Jira)

Advanced oral and written communication skills with fluency in English language

Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, ownership of technical discussions with customers and capable of developing client relationships