Job Description Summary

As the world's energy sector moves away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources, industrial companies are challenged with addressing this transition in transformative ways.. Digitization will be key to making power-generating assets more efficient, making the electric grid more secure and resilient and accelerating the addition of renewables to the electric grid. GE Digital is leading this digital transformation.

The role is for a Power Systems Engineer in GE Digital’s Innovation Hub Edinburgh.

Our team works end-to-end from substation to control room, in the fields of power system dynamics, stability, control and performance; covering instrumentation, monitoring & analytics, control systems and modelling. We work closely with customers to develop innovative solutions to emerging problems, shape and deliver software, design & deploy control schemes, and provide consulting services around power system performance, model validation, tuning of power system stabilizers, and more.

We are looking for engineers who are passionate about revolutionising the power system, understand the complexities around low-carbon energy and can apply innovative solutions to bring about change.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

You will work as part of our dynamic Power Systems team within our highly collaborative GE Digital Innovation Hub.  You will contribute to the research and design of innovative solutions utilising and extending our Wide Area Measurement and Control products, our Transmission and Distribution Management Systems.  You will also involve driving be providing consulting and project delivery services to customers addressing and academic partners, working closely with them to address power system problems, deliver our solutions, and shape the future of the Electrical Grid.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Work closely with our customers to deliver our innovative solutions including associated training, analysis, workshops and introduction to operational service

• Serve as a key link with our customers – understanding their motivations and requirements, identifying opportunities, and communicating these to colleagues in our Power Systems, Software Engineering, Project Management and Commercial teams

• Contribute to the design and development of core Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS) and Wide Area Protection and Control products – including algorithms; user, functional and performance requirements; simulation and testing

• Carry out analysis and studies as consultancy and services, involving model-based static and dynamic analysis, and measurement-based studies

• Knowledge transfer and support for customers in on-going projects, to promote increased utilization of products, gather feedback, and identify potential follow-on business

• Technical support for sales process, including pre-sales customer presentations and workshops, pilot projects, and engagement on customer challenges

• Writing technical reports, papers and presentations for conference and journal publications  

• Up to 25% travel for customer interaction and project meetings

Qualifications/Requirements

• BEng in Electrical Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience, with preferred focus on Power System Dynamics, Transients, Stability and Control.

• Must be fluent in English and be able to communicate effectively over teleconference and in face-to-face meetings

• Must be a fast learner, with a willingness to develop knowledge in new areas and with an ability to conduct robust research

• Must have strong communication skills, able to communicate complex and specialist concepts verbally, visually and in written word

• Must be able to solve problems in a holistic manner and be able to work individually and in the team

• Must be willing to develop leadership skills

Desirable Experiences

• Experience of Matlab and Simulink would be beneficial, as would familiarity with RTDS and OPAL-RT environments

• Experience in power system analysis would be beneficial, using industry standard tools including PSCAD, PSS/E, DigSILENT PowerFactory or Powertech DSATools

• Experience with network management products would be beneficial, including GE/Alstom EMS and WAMS products, as well as familiarity with other SCADA/EMS solutions

• Experience with Power Electronics solutions, including simulations and controls

• Utility and other industrial experience would be beneficial - in particular, experience in power system operations, planning or system analysis

Additional Information

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