Lead Test Specialist – Emissions Development and Testing

About the role

The Lead Test Specialist – Emissions Technology and Testing will be responsible for setting up, validating, troubleshooting, and operating emissions equipment and sampling systems to measure emissions from gas turbines and combustion systems, as well as measuring fuel gas constituents.

Responsibilities

• Setup, validate, troubleshoot, and operate emissions equipment and sampling systems to measure emissions from gas turbines and combustion systems and also measure fuel gas constituents.
• Use instruments such as chemiluminescence, paramagnetic, infrared, flame ionization type of instruments as well as gas chromatograph, mass spectrometer, and Fourier Transform Infrared Analyzer to measure gaseous emissions of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, unburned hydrocarbons, oxygen, water vapor, volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, smoke, etc., and fuel gas constituents such as hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, ethane, propane, butane, etc.
• Work with test and design engineers to develop and implement new emissions measurement systems as needed to meet CDT COE testing requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to team.
• Participate and lead Root Cause Analysis studies as needed.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Associate’s of Science Degree in a technical area
• Minimum of 5 years direct experience with measurement, emissions technology and analysis and a minimum of 10 years overall experience
• Strong and broad knowledge of analyzers used to measure emissions and fuel constituents and sample conditioning systems
• Knowledge of Gas Turbine combustors
• Knowledge of data acquisition measurement systems

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Engineering or Sciences
• Experience working with data systems design and development to support testing of gas & steam turbines, generators and/or sub-systems both in the field and laboratory environment
• Experience with data acquisition, analysis and data reduction
• Knowledge of instrumentation to measure temperature, pressure, flow, static and dynamic stain, dynamic pressure, vibration and accelerometers, etc., digital signal processing and computerized data acquisition systems
• Familiar with government agencies (such as EPA) and government test methods
• Basic understanding of programming languages such as C/C#/LabVIEW/Python/MatLAB and their uses in data acquisition and data analysis
• Strong knowledge of emissions analyzers and fuel sampling systems, which consist of pipe and stainless steel and Teflon tubing, heated sampling lines and controllers, manual and automatic valves, regulators, flow meters, pumps, filters, water separators, chillers (sample conditioning), compression fittings, and other similar equipment
• Strong troubleshooting skills (mechanical aptitude)
• Strong comprehension of pressurized gas handling procedures and safety awareness
• Experience in the use of hand and power tools
• Hands-on experience using Multi-meters, Waveform generators, Oscilloscope
• Hands-on experience in wiring, installing connectors, pressure tubing, installing and verifying network cabling and setting up LAN for Data Acquisition private network
• Familiar with government agencies (such as EPA) and government test methods
• Knowledge of ISO and safety awareness. Need to know safe handling of pressurized gas cylinders and have a basic understanding of flammable, non-flammable, and hazardous chemicals such as carbon monoxide, methane, propane, and others
• ISO compliance in following procedures and maintaining documentation for items such as equipment calibrations, inventory tracking, and test checklists
• Knowledge of industry and internal GE capabilities
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and mentoring skills
• Able to work well with all organizational levels, both inside and outside GE Vernova
• Able to plan and manage projects that further the knowledge and capability of the business