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GE Vernova · 4 days ago

Senior Application Engineer

Schenectady, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$111K/yr - $185K/yr

8+ years exp

GE Vernova is a company focused on providing consulting services to energy clients. The Senior Application Engineer will be responsible for supporting design, manufacturing, and maintenance of protection and control hardware equipment while also providing technical consulting services to clients.

EnergyEnergy EfficiencySustainability

Responsibilities

Work in a lab setting to support hands-on design, manufacturing, settings, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of specialty or custom protection and control hardware equipment

Lead and support the manufacturing and fulfilment process of hardware equipment including equipment and vendor evaluation, procurement, inventory, preparation of bill of materials, O&M manual, shipment, etc

Perform analysis, design and development of engineering solutions and equipment specification studies and provide technical consulting services to customers

Effectively communicate with internal and external clients and plant staff by preparing written detailed and summary reports and making presentations describing analyses performed, solutions developed, and customer value propositions

Qualification

Electrical engineeringPower system protectionPLC controllersPower equipment modelingProject managementTechnical consultingWiring diagramsMATLABPythonInterpersonal communicationPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, electric power engineering or related field with a minimum of 8 years of experience

Familiarity with low voltage electrical equipment design, modification, instrumentation, and PLC controllers

Familiarity with design and development of single line and three line wiring diagrams and AC/DC schematics

Familiarity with power system protection relay application, protection coordination, relay settings development and programming

Excellent interpersonal communication skills

Strong project management skills

Willingness and ability to travel (up to 20%) domestic and internationally

Must be willing to work out of an office located in Schenectady, NY

Preferred

Advanced degree in electrical, mechanical, or electric power engineering

Understanding of controls concepts for grid-interactive power systems equipment and controls

Familiarity with product design life cycle, including factory acceptance, witness, and commissioning testing

Previous experience with design, manufacturing, settings, installation, testing and maintenance of unique or custom protection and control equipment

Experience with power equipment modeling and simulation in key software analytic tools such as ETAP, EasyPower, ATP, PSLF, PSS/E, MATLAB, DigSilent PowerFactory, Python, and PSCAD

Understanding of generators, transformers, circuit breakers, generator protection, closed loop voltage regulator controls, governor and power/frequency control, arresters, shunt and series applications of capacitors, synchronous condensers, power electronic converters for renewable energy (wind and solar) and industrial applications