Job Description Summary
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?
The Aeroderivative Performance & Operability Engineering team is a critical pillar within the Aeroderivative Engineering organization, operating at the intersection of engineering, commercial, and digital domains. The team covers project execution and model development for aspects related to performance (thermodynamic cycle models) and operability (including emissions, fuel flexibility, and controls).
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This role is focused on model development, encompassing the entire lifecycle - method creation , model adjustments, validation, software release, application to both steady state and transient operations. The models will be status-matched with field data to ensure real-world accuracy. This is a systems level role that will require collaboration with a multi disciplinary team to ensure we meet the evolving demands of the business and our customers.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead Model Development Lifecycle: Drive the creation, adjustment, validation, and application of thermodynamic cycle models for Aeroderivative gas turbines using NPSS and associated tools.
- Develop and Refine Operability Models: Manage the lifecycle for operability models, including emissions, fuel flexibility, and control aspects, ensuring models reflect operational realities.
- Test Plan Development & Field Support: Define and develop engineering test plans, supporting field tests to gather data that drives improvements in both performance and operability models.
- Field Data Integration & Model Validation: Analyze post-processed field data using data analysis techniques (e.g., data science, statistics, probabilities) to update and status-match models with real-world operational data.
- Fuel Flexibility Expertise: Evaluate the use of various fuels (e.g., hydrogen, biofuels) in power plants, determining necessary model adjustments to support fuel-flexible solutions.
- Data-Driven Analysis: Apply advanced data science methods to evaluate model performance, deliver concise analyses, and present complex findings to leadership.
- Process Improvement: Continuously refine team processes, implementing best practices and lessons learned to drive efficiency and innovation.
- Tool Development: Develop tools and templates using VBA, Python, NPSS, or other utilities to streamline team operations and enhance problem-solving capabilities.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with a min of 10 years of relevant experience).
- Min. 5-7 years of relevant modeling experiences
Desired Characteristics
- Master's or PhD in engineering or equivalent fields.
- Significant experience in Aeroderivative performance modeling, particularly in data reduction, status matching, and NPSS cycle model development.
- Strong programming experience in NPSS, Python, and C.
- Deep understanding of gas turbine thermodynamics, controls, emissions, and operability.
- Familiarity with gas turbine performance testing including standards such as ASME PTC 22 or ISO 2314.
- Understanding of gas turbine combustion and emissions including creation of combustion transfer functions.
- Experience with fuel flexibility including high hydrogen and its impact on systems such as performance, emissions, operability, and controls.
- Proficiency in data analysis, data science, and probabilistic modeling.
- Ability to work effectively in globally distributed teams.
- Experience in applying continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean to improve operations.
- Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively to analyze and resolve complex problems.
About GE Vernova Gas Power
GE Vernova's Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. It is a global leader in gas turbines and power plant technologies and services with the industry's largest installed base.
Benefits Available to You
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 Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)
- 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.
Inclusion & Diversity
At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong. Click here to learn more: https://jobs.gecareers.com/vernova/global/en/i-d-e
For U.S. based candidates only, for purposes of complying with U.S. pay transparency requirements, the base pay range for this position is: $98,400.00 - 164,000.00 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for a 15% performance bonus. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. This position will stay open on the career website until at least Jan 30th. 2025
General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor 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 Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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