Grid Engineer-1

GE Vernova • Greenville, NC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

GE Vernova Wind is helping change the world and has a focused portfolio of products and services to meet the need for cleaner power—today and tomorrow. We are fully committed to full gender equality and diversity inclusion, aiming for the best professionals in an equal employment opportunity environment. The Grid Applications engineer provides essential support for customer proposals and orders. They will lead project specific power system evaluations and configure turbine / wind farm control solutions to adapt to site specific requirements. They interact regularly with customers, ISOs/TSOs, commercial, sales teams, project engineers and services teams to provide the wide range of technical information required to permit and install wind farms in North America. The grid applications function includes everything from ITO support of proposals to requisition support, commissioning support, and assisting the GE installed base in complying with new requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or power systems degree from an accredited college or university or a bachelor’s degree in a related field

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with power system simulation software such as PSS/E, PSLF, PSCAD or other transient analysis tools
• Experience in the renewable energy industry
• Experience in wind turbine electrical systems
• Experience in controls or component-level power conversion equipment
• Experience applying grid code requirements for power plants or wind farms
• Knowledge on renewable plant control features, configuration and grid interface
• Knowledge on IBR fault ride through requirements and performance

Responsibilities

• Configure grid electrical simulation models of turbines and wind farms, and work with customers and grid operators to apply those models to system integration and connection studies, including existing sites and Services programs
• Simulate converter, turbine and plant level controls/ interactions to evaluate project specific grid requirements
• Work with the commercial team to assess scope and risk with respect to grid code compliance
• Support customers and Sales in answering questions and resolving grid code concerns for wind farm proposals and orders
• Support customers’ grid acceptance tests and issue resolution with grid authorities, utilities, TSOs and ISOs, including developing plant-level control settings
• Develop depth and expertise in wind turbine capabilities, especially existing products, and their interaction with the electrical Balance of Plant, Distribution and Transmission systems
• Translate grid connection requirements into product capability specifications for new unit and services products
• Work closely with NPI and Services electrical design engineering to understand new product offerings and assess risks of not complying with grid code requirements
• Lead efforts to support customers with grid code compliance for existing sites including IEEE2800, NERC and other grid authority requirements

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, as well as 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level