Lead Turbine Design Engineer

Summary Under the responsibility of the head of the IB Turbine team, the Lead turbine design engineer participates in the design of hydraulic turbines in the different phases of a project from basic design to commissioning of the unit, including the basic and detail design analysis and project follow up, support to manufacturing in GE’s shop and with our suppliers, commissioning and acceptance testing of the units on site.

About Us

GE Renewable Energy’s portfolio of solutions for hydropower generation includes the broadest range of hydro solutions and services: from wate r to wire, from individual equipment to complete turnkey solutions, for new plants and the installed base. At GE, we believe that the combination of our extensive hydro and digital intelligence makes GE Renewable Energy well - suited to serve the intense & o ngoing energy transition. Smarter and more connected, GE’s hydro plants no longer just generate power, they store it and deliver it to the grid with an unmatched level of predictability, flexibility and efficiency. GE is the largest player with 30% of glob ally installed base in hydro storage. The company’s turbines and generators portfolio represent more than 25% of the total installed capacity worldwide and encompasses a wide range of solutions from 5 MW to 850 MW power per unit to meet a wide range of nee ds.

Essential Responsibilities

• Analyze technical information from Work Packages (Technical Specifications, Division of Work) and participate in identify the risks and technical opportunities of the project on technical matters.
• Plan and follow project engineering basic design phase and coordinate with Hydraulic de
• Conduct site visits to make an assessment of the existing turbine and supervise signature tests on the unit before disassembly at site.

Summary The Control & Protection System Engineer supports the design and implementation of HVDC Control and Protection Systems by analyzing customer requirements, assessing the necessary deviation from standard solutions, modelling the proposed HVDC control system, providing requirements for the hardware and software teams to implement and validate the resulting system.

Qualifications / Essential Requirements

• Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements
• Engineering degree or equivalent including power systems and power electronics subjects
• Able to work to deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining the safety, quality and engineering integrity of the solution
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to identify and manage technical risks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, experienced in creating and presenting technical reports and responding to clients’ technical questions

Job Responsibilities

• Follow the departments standard design practices, engineering reviews and guidelines
• Support continual improvement, raising the effectiveness and efficiency of the team through the introduction of tools, methods and process improvements and coordinating with the Continuous Improvement leaders.
• Support improvements to existing algorithm/strategies for power fault recovery or instability issues during DPS studies.
• Support R&D teams to develop existing and new products and tools.
• Plant modelling of HVDC System in various simulation tools (MATLAB, RSCAD, PSCAD etc) and its verification.
• Prepare control, protection and sequencing strategy specifications, design, and testing with guidance from lead engineers.
• Cross functional training across five teams (Control Automation Systems, Control System Application, Protection System Application, Verification & Validation) will be provided.
• Execute, with guidance from lead engineers, the required control design, protection design & verification work packages on time and within defined budgets.
• Algorithm and state machine development in MATLB Simulink.
• PSSE / PSCAD and PSSE /RSCAD Power system network conversion, modelling and verification.
• Support development of new strategies for control, protection, and sequencing (start-up/shut down sequence) to meet customer technical specifications if required.
• Conversion of MATLB Simulink algorithms to other suitable time domain library models.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No