GE Vernova

Technical Leader - Nuclear Steam Turbine Controls Software

GE Vernova$124K — $207K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Controls Engineering
  • Minimum of 10 years of design experience in steam turbine controls engineering
  • Strong understanding of steam turbine and plant systems operation
  • Proven strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Own technical execution from inquiry to customer operation for high-risk projects
  • Support commercial teams with technical inputs for customer proposals
  • Influence new product development and sustaining requirements
  • Drive design, verification, validation, and commissioning requirements
  • Ensure system safety, performance, and reliability requirements are met
  • Support comprehensive testing plans for system verification and customer tests
  • Coordinate customer requirements and ensure traceability throughout the project lifecycle

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Access to Health Coach and a 24/7 nurse-based resource
  • Retirement Savings Plan with company matching
  • Tuition assistance and adoption assistance
  • Paid parental leave and disability benefits
  • Life insurance and 12 paid holidays
  • Permissive time off
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
This position in Services Projects for Gas Power Controls Engineering is responsible to leadership in driving customer order fulfillment excellence, working across a global technology team focused on controls services fulfillment from order inquiry through customer acceptance and commercial operation. The TLE will support the requisition, design, structuring, validation, and commissioning of steam turbine control system components for various turbine types including nuclear power generation steam turbines. This role, in addition to closely collaborating with our internal and external customers, is critical in driving a team culture of technical system and domain depth, contemporary leadership, on-time quality execution and strong customer-focused mindset.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

The controls TLE is an engineering Technical Leader for Services Projects with overall responsibility for technical scope execution, design and implementation into production of controls system projects, covering nuclear steam and fossil steam turbine types. When assigned to a project, the TLE will be responsible for technical risk identification and mitigation across complete controls scope. The overall goal of the TLE is to ensure projects are executed successfully.

  • Technical ownership from commercial inquiry to customer commercial operation for high risk and complex projects as directed by leadership
  • Support the commercial teams for technical inputs needed to generate customer proposals that ensure we have the means to successfully execute projects if they become an order
  • Support and influence new product development and product sustaining requirements definition
  • Drive overall architecture, top level design, verification, validation, and commissioning requirement to be used by global functional engineers
  • Ensure adequate system safety, function, performance, interface, reliability, and maintainability requirements are met
  • Support and influence comprehensive test plans for system verification and validation, and customer system tests, site installation, startup, and commissioning
  • Coordinate flow down of internal and external customer requirements/tasks and ensure traceability of all requirements through project lifecycle
  • Support Project Engineers in customer discussions/reviews as needed
  • Drive consistent solutions across all controls scope
  • Apply knowledge of and enforce the application of Mark VIe controls platform software, design practices, and engineering processes for nuclear and fossil steam turbine applications
  • Strong experience with Mark VIe ControlST and Cimplicity software suites and use and maintenance of control application software libraries
  • Provide customer support related to products
  • Ensure compliance with internal and industry technical regulations, standards, and other regulatory requirements
  • Collaborate with and maintain close, responsive, and productive working relationships with internal and external customers


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Controls Engineering
  • Minimum of 10 years of design experience in steam turbine controls engineering
  • Strong understanding of steam turbine and plant systems operation and integration with other systems
  • Proven strong interpersonal and leadership skills


Desired Characteristics
  • Experience in design & application of GE power generation controls, HMI, electrical, and cyber systems
  • Nuclear power generation controls or plant operational experience
  • Ability to apply engineering principles to analyze, design and troubleshoot systems associated with control system retrofits for steam turbines
  • Strong experience in power generation projects, working with customers, project management, and/or EPCs
  • Proven oral and written communication and presentation skills to the team and business leaders
  • Demonstrated systems level thinking
  • Experience in a matrix organization structure, working cross-functionally
  • Demonstrated ability to meet goals and objectives
  • Master's degree in a technical discipline
  • Ability to proactively identify and resolve technical issues
  • Field engineering experience with steam turbine controls retrofits a strong plus
  • Experience with proposal generation and market level pricing for turbine controls retrofit opportunities
  • Proficiency in business computer applications including Microsoft Access, Visio, and Office Suite


This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Application Deadline: December 31, 2026

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $124,500.00 and $207,700.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on March 26, 2026.

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.

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is an energy business company. They provide digital, energy consulting, energy financial services, gas power, grid solutions, nuclear energy, power conversion, renewable energy, steam power, and so on.

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