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You'll shape consistent design practices and robust verification and validation (V&V) strategies that drive flawless execution across live projects, new product introduction, and product care. This is a genuine opportunity to expand your technical and project leadership capabilities within an international organization delivering world-class HVDC solutions - your team's work directly determines how reliably these systems perform in the field.\nJob Description\nKey Responsibilities\nManage and lead a multidisciplinary team specializing in C&P systems, automation, HV/LV power systems, and V&V, ensuring solutions meet all contract, quality, and regulatory requirements.\nProvide expert technical guidance across the project lifecycle-including Tendering, Lab Testing (RTDS/ATE), FAT/FST, Site Commissioning, and Service. Deputize for the Project Engineering Manager (PEM) when required.\nPlan, monitor, and execute all V&V-related activities, ensuring rigorous defect tracking, traceability, test documentation, and compliance with grid codes and functional specification\nMonitor and control engineering budgets, schedules, documentation, and risk management processes. Manage change control (CCB) and drive design reviews in line with company guidelines.\nAct as the primary technical interface with internal stakeholders, customers, suppliers, NPI, and Product Care. Translate customer needs into robust, profitable technical solutions.\nDrive improvement initiatives, standardization, and \"cost-out\" plans in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Apply a lean mindset to streamline review processes and eliminate redundant work.\nLead, motivate, and mentor a team of engineers. Support their career development, manage workload and shift planning effectively, and foster a healthy, sustainable working culture (preventing burnout and ensuring team retention).\nSupport the Project (Engineering) Manager as required and deputise for them as and when the need arises. Plan and progress all design engineering related activities.\nYou're someone who brings hands-on HVDC or grid-connected systems experience together with a genuine interest in developing people, and who's energized by solving technical problems that have a real, measurable impact on power system reliability.\nQualifications\nRequired:\nA formal education and subsequent Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering is nice to have, but we're most interested in your total experience and professional achievements\nProven engineering and project execution experience within HVDC, Control & Protection, or grid-connected systems, with a focus on verification and validation or testing\nStrong understanding of HVDC, system integration, and testing methodologies (e.g., RTDS, ATE, simulation tools)\nExperience leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams in a complex engineering environment\nAbility to manage budgets, schedules, and risk while maintaining engineering quality and safety standards\nPreferred:\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders and managing customer relationships\nWillingness to travel for site support or customer alignment as needed\nGE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. 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