Senior Excitation Engineer - Nuclear (Remote Eligible, U.S)

Nuclear Fleet Strategy

Define the long-term technical roadmap for excitation systems in the global nuclear fleet, including obsolescence management, digital upgrades, and life-extension programs.

Regulatory & Compliance Leadership

Ensure all excitation designs and modifications strictly adhere to nuclear regulatory requirements and internal Nuclear Quality Management Systems.

High-Consequence Problem Solving

Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for complex, high-priority system disturbances in nuclear facilities, ensuring that solutions prioritize both plant availability and safety-critical stability.

Advanced Grid-Nuclear Interaction

Direct advanced modeling and simulation to analyze the interaction between large-scale nuclear baseload generation and evolving grid codes, ensuring the fleet’s continued stability.

Consulting SME

Provide expert-level consulting to the Commercial and Sales teams for multi-million dollar nuclear retrofit tenders, ensuring technical feasibility and risk mitigation.

Knowledge Preservation

Institutionalize decades of excitation domain expertise by mentoring Staff and Lead engineers for nuclear excitation engineering. Provide guidance and leadership in developing documentation standards.

Design Authority

Lead formal design reviews for New Product Introductions (NPI) and custom nuclear applications, ensuring rigorous verification and validation (V&V).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (Master’s or PhD strongly preferred).
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in power generation engineering, with at least 5–8 years specifically focused on excitation systems or mission-critical power plant controls.
• Exposure working within a Nuclear Safety Culture and navigating nuclear-specific quality and documentation standards.
• Deep knowledge in synchronous generator theory and power system stability.
• Strong systems engineering capability with the ability to lead complex, cross-functional integration efforts across excitation controls, generator systems, plant interfaces, and nuclear operational requirements.

Eligibility Requirements

• The work location for this role is Longmont, CO (relocation assistance provided if not already local).
• This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
• Able to travel globally (up to 25%) to support outages, customer design reviews, and regulatory audits (For Remote candidates, travel would require up to 50% travel).

Desired Characteristics

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in power generation engineering, with at least 7–10 years specifically focused on excitation systems or mission-critical power plant controls.
• Recognized industry expert with a history of participation in IEEE/IEC working groups or nuclear industry forums (e.g., NEI, EPRI).
• Exceptional ability to evaluate how excitation transients impact the broader nuclear island and balance-of-plant systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams during high-pressure forced outages or emergency site remediations.
• Support implementing predictive maintenance technologies within a regulated nuclear framework.
• Mastery in communicating complex technical risks to utility executives and regulatory bodies.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or specialized degree / certifications.

Additional Information

• GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
• GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
• GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.
• If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
• Additional Information includes additional details about GE Vernova's benefits and compensation.