Lead Application Engineer - Grid Integration & Stability

As a member of the Consulting Services Grid Integration & Stability team, the successful candidate will be an active contributor to the GE Power business initiatives related to power systems and power electronics equipment and services.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Perform technical analysis related to power electronic and power systems control of renewable generation, battery energy storage systems, large industrial drives, HVDC and FACTS.
• Support customers with power systems engineering expertise; including modeling, analysis, equipment design and specification, and failure mode analysis
• Create, modify and parametrize simulation models representing electrical equipment like gas turbines, wind turbines, solar inverters, battery storage and their controls in PSS/E, PSCAD, DIgSILENT Power Factory
• Perform power system planning studies, renewable integration studies, feasibility studies for HVDC and FACTS, Energy Storage etc. for large utility systems
• Effectively communicate results to both internal and external customers by preparing detailed written reports or presentations describing analyses performed, solutions developed, and customer value propositions
• Enhance industry knowledge and present technical content in regional forums and conferences; serve as a thought leader in industry activities
• Actively participate in a working environment where teamwork, quality, customer service and innovation are prized
• Willingness to travel to support project work (up to 10%)

Required Qualifications

• Masters Degree in electrical engineering or electric power engineering
• Minimum 2-3 years of Industry experience performing transient analysis using simulation tools like ATP/EMTP, PSCAD/EMTDC and EMTP-RV and/Or steady state and dynamic analysis using large data base simulation tools like PSS/E, PowerFactory, PSLF
• Experience with the use and application of common programming languages (e.g. Python, FORTRAN, C, C++)

Desired Characteristics

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (e.g. ability to effectively communicate with all levels of GE and customer/plant staff)
• Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, electric power engineering, or related field of study
• Industry reputation, prior IEEE/CIGRE published articles related to practical power systems engineering topics, participation in industry standards working groups
• Experience creating and modifying dynamic user models in simulation tools like PSS/E, PSCAD, PowerFactory and PSLF
• Knowledge of Grid codes of Major utilities in Asia, Australia and Middle East and exposure to Grid code compliance studies
• Advanced experience with dynamic and time-domain simulation tools (e.g. FORTRAN programming of user-written black box models in PSCAD, use of MATLAB or Python scripting to automate execution and analysis of multiple simulations)
• Demonstrated application of complex mathematics and engineering to real-world electric power system problems