Job Description Summary

Role Summary/Purpose
As the Grid & Electrical Integration Lead Engineer, you will be the key point of contact between the GE project execution team, the various GE Engineering departments (e.g. Grid Integration, Controls, System Integration, Electrical), the external parties and the Customer. You will ensure all parties agree on the Grid Integration technical scope, interfaces and responsibilities and monitor the implementation plan throughout design phase and until testing at site is achieved successfully. You leverage your strong expertise in wind power systems and relevant wind industry simulation tools to coordinate between our clients and the GE Grid integration engineers. This role is planned to cover multiple projects assignments and multiple phases (commercial, execution, fleet) depending on the workload and priorities defined by the business.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Monitor the latest grid integration standards development and perform country specific grid code analysis on a regular basis.
• Translate grid connection requirements into product capability specifications for new unit and services products.
• Work with the commercial team to assess scope and risk with respect to grid code compliance.
• Support customers and Sales in answering questions and resolving grid code concerns for wind farm proposals and orders.
• Support customers’ grid acceptance tests, certification and issue resolutions with grid authorities, including developing plantlevel control settings.
• Develop depth and expertise in wind turbine capabilities, especially existing products, and their interaction with the electrical Balance of Plant, Distribution and Transmission systems.
• Work closely with NPI and Services electrical design engineering to understand new product offerings and assess risks of not complying with grid code requirements.
• Work closely with product line and CTH community to create or update internal and external documents such as grid PRD, GID, position papers, and etc.
• Participate advocacy activities.
• Identify gaps in grid related internal processes and continuously improve the processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university
• Experience in a prior customer facing role, capable of handing high criticality customers interactions

Desired Characteristics

• Experience using PSCAD, PSSE or PSLF
• Experience in the renewable energy industry
• Experience in wind turbine electrical systems
• Experience in controls or component-level power conversion equipment
• Experience applying grid code requirements for power plants or wind farms
• Knowledge on renewable plant control features, configuration and grid interface
• Knowledge on IBR fault ride through requirements and performance
• Experience providing technical support to sales, commercial and marketing functions
• Experience in generating and delivering customer-facing technical documents & presentations
• Strong  organizational skills and  a proven ability to  manage multiple high priority tasks
• Strong communication skills
• Ability and willingness to accept challenges outside of technical expertise / comfort zone  

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