Verification & Validation Engineer

Job Description Summary The Control & Protection Verification and Validation Engineer supports the design and implementation of HVDC Control and Protection Systems by analysing 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. Job Description Main duties and responsibilities will include. Design and create test specification against software requirements. Gap analysis between standard / design requirement and customer technical requirements further leading to defining of test requirement. Understand the key milestones in the project plan, ensure that the plan correctly provisions for the required testing activities. Clearly communicate details of failures to the respective engineering functions. Developing RSCAD models and undertaking various studies associated using them. Defining control system requirements for the RTDS LAB setup including AC DC interface requirement, Plant Emulator Interface requirement and RSCAD Power system network conversion, modelling and verification. Problem solving skills to support test issues especially lab setup and debugging skills. Strong sense of urgency and ability to identify and manage technical risks. Support testing of New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product care teams to develop existing and new products and tools. Dynamic performance studies using both offline and online simulation tools. Assist Validation Engineers to carry out execution of tests and provide clear reporting of results. Review and analyse the test results. Provide support to Commissioning Engineers during Dynamic commissioning at Site. 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 a standard product methodology mindset, seek opportunities to re-use solutions, improve quality and reliability whilst reducing the delivery timeline and associated costs. Qualifications / Essential Requirements Engineering degree or equivalent including power systems and power electronics subjects or proven equivalent knowledge and experience in HVDC business. Successfully completed vocational training with ideally some proven experience in the position of Verification Engineer in High Voltage field, preferably experience as a Control & Protection design Engineer. Good knowledge of overall 400kV substation, HVDC system (LCC/VSC/SVC) including control and protection system is essential. Knowledge and experience of developing and working with RSCAD models is essential. Knowledge of Overall HVDC System Operational behaviour. Strong communication skills with a fluency in English language. Knowledge of Microsoft Office Word and Excel is required, and Microsoft project would be beneficial. Knowledge of Fault Recorder (TFR) systems is preferred. Experience on MATCAD, PSCAD, PSS/E and MATLAB SIMULINK, EMTP-RV, Digsilent etc will added advantage. Knowledge of applicable electrical standards such as IEC 61850, IEC 62351, IEC 12207, IEEE 15288, IEC 25010, IEC 27032, NERC/CIP will be an added advantage. Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided: No Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com