Senior Applications Engineer – SMR Electrical Systems, Grid Interface

Role Overview

• Provide mentorship and professional development for early-career and lead-level engineers on the team
• Develop and maintain a deep technical knowledge of the design basis for standard plant electrical systems of the BWRX-300 technology.
• Perform detailed gap analysis between stand plant electrical systems and site-specific requirements, including regulatory requirements, electrical codes and standards, transmission system and grid interconnection requirements, and local power system reliability requirements.
• Evaluate impacts of site-specific requirements on both plant electrical systems and grid interface/switchyard systems.
• Develop and propose conceptual design solutions to resolve site application challenges while maximizing design standardization where practicable.
• Support integration across multiple engineering disciplines, including architectural engineering, licensing, equipment design, and safety systems.
• Participate in design evolution programs that extend and improve our modularization strategies.
• Contribute to an engineering team that assures proposals and early works packages for selected sites are compatible with our standard product offering.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationship with internal engineering teams.
• Interface with external partners, customers, and other applicable country specific regulatory agencies as required on technical issues.
• Work with proposal and early works teams to build estimates, schedules, and identify risks associated with different opportunities.
• Provide guidance to external partner engineering resources to ensure the quality of deliverables.
• Support commercial and marketing opportunities to develop new business opportunities.
• Protect the Intellectual Property rights of GVH.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field
• At least 8 years of progressive experience in electric power systems engineering
• At least 5 years of experience in the nuclear industry or equivalent large scale power generation industry
• Strong knowledge of nuclear electric power systems design principles, including safety classification, diverse train architecture, and redundancy
• Demonstrated ability to adapt electric power systems designs to new codes, standards, and regulations.
• Familiarity with nuclear electrical codes and standards such as IEEE, NFPA, and other regulatory frameworks
• Experience working at the interface between plant power systems and utility grid requirements.
• Knowledge of diverse regulatory schemes (e.g., US NRC, CNSC, IAEA, etc.) and grid code requirements (e.g., US regions, Canada, EU, etc.)
• Proven ability to be a liaison between organizations that are operating in separate geographic locations
• Experience with project management skillset (communication, risk, planning/scheduling, change mgmt)

Benefits

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