Senior Controls Engineer - Direct Air Capture

GE Vernova • Greenville, NC

11h

About The Position

GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world? What impact you'll make As a leader of the Direct Air Capture NPI team, you will be an active contributor to defining controls architecture for first-of-a-kind carbon capture systems and evolving prototype controls into scalable, repeatable product architectures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls/Automation, or related discipline with 8+ years of industrial controls experience

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and commissioning industrial control systems including logic development and field instrumentation
• At least 2 years of direct experience with GE MarkVIe or closely related GE control platforms and major industrial PLC ecosystems
• 1 year of demonstrated experience in field commissioning, troubleshooting, and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Deep experience with GE MarkVIe application development, hardware selection, and HMI integration
• Experience with carbon capture, power generation, or clean energy/low-carbon technologies
• Broad experience across different controls strategies and industrial communication protocols
• Background in NPI, product development, or early-stage technology commercialization
• Demonstrated technical leadership in leading design reviews, mentoring engineers, and driving technical decisions
• Experience in startup-like environments with ability to wear multiple hats

Responsibilities

• Own system-level controls architecture and develop control strategies for DAC process equipment
• Lead MarkVIe-based control system design including I/O assignments, logic development, and system interfaces
• Translate process requirements into robust control logic, loops, and sequencing for startup, shutdown, and fault handling
• Support factory acceptance testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting of control systems in field environments
• Develop control system requirements, specifications, and design standards for the DAC product line
• Collaborate across disciplines to align controls with product and system-level goals in an NPI environment
• Support productization by identifying opportunities for modularization, standardization, and cost reduction
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building controls engineering capability within the DAC team
• Provide technical leadership in design reviews and drive technical decisions for complex control system challenges

Benefits

• GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce:
• Our compensation & benefits are designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs.
• We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.
• A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.
• GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on-the-job learning and development.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the 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.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
• GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees