Senior Power Systems Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Senior HVDC Power System Engineer is an established leader in his or her respective engineering team. He or she drives business strategy through detailed technical and economic understanding of the marketplace and takes the initiative to drive business leaders to provide customers with the best solutions that positively impact business.

You will enable the Energy Transition through the development of models, conducting technical systems studies, and providing innovative solutions to enhance the efficiency and reliability of power transmission systems. You will lead and contribute to R&D programs aligned with GE Vernova's energy businesses such as Grid Solutions, Electrification Software, Power Conversion and Storage, Wind and Power including Gas Power, Nuclear and Hydro as well as with U.S. Government Agencies such as the Department of Energy. The technologies developed under these programs will be matured and transitioned into products to drive breakthrough impact for our company, our customers, and our society.

This role gives an excellent opportunity for a motivated candidate to innovate, expand their design skill and personal development within a globally recognized expert team in HVDC. The role covers all scope of a HVDC systems from design, to prototyping, to New Product Introduction. It also covers other aspects of HVDC including the forthcoming HVDC multiterminal network, both its protection and control. The candidate will play a major role in technical decisions and design phases and will be involved in interactions with other HVDC engineering functions within GE Vernova Grid Solutions and third parties such as HVDC customers, national laboratories, suppliers, standard committees, universities.

The successful candidate will be part of a highly motivated, dynamic team of engineers working on the development of the next generation of HVDC converters and multiterminal HVDC applications. Are you ready to join our world-class team of researchers and do you have "The Energy to Change the World"?

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Perform systems studies and collaborate with GE Vernova colleagues and consultants to assess the performance of HVDC systems and their impact on the transmission grid, including, but not limited to, steady-state, dynamic and transient studies as well as harmonics study.
• Develop and review technical specifications of HVDC systems, ancillary equipment and engineering services in accordance with international standards, best practices and relevant industry standards.
• Provide project development support in areas of technical feasibility, conceptual design, and detailed design associated with HVDC projects including front end engineering design (FEED).
• Evaluate grid code compliance standards and their impact on HVDC projects in bulk power systems
• Lead technical discussions and negotiations with manufacturers, suppliers and contractors during feasibility assessment, detailed design and tendering to ensure no gap in scope and compliance with the technical requirements.
• Document technology and results through patent applications, technical reports, and publications.
• Ensure that solutions adopted are both technically appropriate and that GE Vernova has freedom to utilize these solutions.
• Transfer technology to engineering teams in GE Vernova to be included in next generation products and services.
• Stay current with advances in system technologies to seek out new ideas and applications.
• Work in a team environment with colleagues across GE Vernova including its Advanced Research Center, and partners from industry, academia, and government agencies.

• Doctorate (PhD) degree in an Engineering field with a minimum of 7 years of experience in design, development and validation of inverter-based resources interconnecting with transmission power systems or a Master's degree in an Engineering field with a minimum of 10 years of experience in design, development and validation of inverter-based resources interconnecting with transmission power systems.
• 3 to 5 years experience in power system simulations including power flow, short-circuit, dynamic and transient stability analyses.
• 3 to 5 years experience in PSCAD-EMTDC, PSS/E, EMTP, RTDS, Opal-RT.
• 3 to 5 years experience in interconnection or planning studies

• Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time, including international, and must comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies.
• Minimum of 3 days per week in the office in Niskayuna, NY.

• Solid understanding of inverter-based resources design, control and applications considerations (e.g., HVDC converter, HVDC multiterminal scheme, Wind/solar converter, STATCOM, SVC, Rectifiers, Filters, Drives, etc).
• Proven knowledge and practical experience in performing the specific aspects of design, implementation and testing of HVDC power transmission schemes and equipment.
• Deep understanding of HVDC schemes including Voltage Source Converter (VSC) and LCC (Line Commutated Converter).
• Experience of working with HVDC OEMs, HVDC project owners, transmission system owners/operators or consultancies delivering to such projects.
• Demonstrable knowledge of HVDC system/equipment including land and submarine cables, converter transformer, circuit breakers, reactors, surge arrestors, VSC and LCC HVDC technologies, and its auxiliary systems.
• Experience with real-time implementation of system solutions in a variety of hardware platforms including development of hardware-in-the-loop simulation platforms for control performance validation.
• Experience in transient overvoltage analysis including insulation coordination design.
• Experience in harmonic performance design and mitigation measures.
• Experience in both steady-state and transient circuit analysis.
• Experience in developing technical specifications of high voltage power equipment.
• Familiar with interconnection and interoperability standards of inverter-based resources such as IEEE 2800.
• Experience with application for government funding and project proposal writing including tendering document for commercial offers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Experience interacting with customers and regulatory stakeholders (e.g. TSO, ISOs, etc).
• Experience with program management, which includes setting up schedules, milestones, technical reviews, tracking funding, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to take an innovative idea from a concept to a product