[Remote] Engineering Technical Lead - I&C Embedded Software

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy is seeking an Engineering Technical Lead for I&C Embedded Software. In this role, you will lead and mentor a team responsible for developing and maintaining embedded software controls and instrumentation systems for nuclear power plants, focusing on work planning, technical approach, and execution excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation of high thru low work planning, scheduling, and resource loading across lifecycle phases of Engineer-Procure-Construct or new product introduction using the applicable practices, guides, and tools
• Support project engineering or manager with understanding execution metric and status, issues, risks, mitigation or recovering plans, and be extremely proactive to identify changes in scope
• Drive compliance utilizing scope, detailed work planning, budget, overall schedule, applicable design processes, and discipline specific practices and tools including design and technical reviews
• Lead "day-to-day" operations and follow-up to ensure deliverables are produced and commitments met on-spec., on-budget, and on-schedule
• Coordinate proactively and inclusively for overall team across other engineering disciplines to support integrated plant design objectives
• Collaborate with project management, project engineering, support functions, and others to drive project completion
• Identify, confirm, document, and lead resolution of technical, risk, other emergent issues
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to ensure system designs and deliverables comply with requirements throughout design release to manufacturing or supplier including production, validation, installation, and commission tests
• Support strategy, plan, statement of work preparation, and implementation of resource loading
• Assist with hosting learning sessions, knowledge capture, and transfer initiatives
• Use variety of tools for requirements, design, change, configuration, and document management
• Champion nuclear safety culture; Ensure compliance with GVH policies, quality management system, and corrective action program
• Deliver work with integrity, safety, security, quality, and on-time output

Skills

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent 4-year technical degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in embedded software development, including a deep working knowledge of C Programming language and software development tools (GitLab version control, IDE's, Debuggers, etc.)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with C Coding conventions, unit testing, and integration testing of software
• Minimum of 5 years of experience performing independent, or preferably team based, system design or technical reviews including interfacing with requirements management, independent verification and validation
• Experience in nuclear analog and digital instrumentation, control, monitoring, electric power system and field engineering
• Competency in industry standards IEEE, IEC, and quality standards
• 10 years of experience in commercial nuclear industry working in plant instrumentation application software, control and monitoring software system design, including implementation, test, installation, and commissioning
• 10 years of application, field installation, and testing of systems, equipment
• Competency in modeling and test data collection tools
• Clear thinker, detail oriented, insightful, quantitative, balanced, and a results-oriented analyst and leader
• Solves technical challenges through application of common design patterns and identifying appropriate patterns for use in problem solving
• Proven track record of delivering commitments on specification, on budget, and on schedule
• Strong verbal communication, as well as, facilitation and presentation skills for technical and business audiences - Able to communicate openly, calmly, and crisply in stressful situations
• Adaptive; able to quickly learn diverse and varying organizational interfaces with professional astuteness
• Continuous improvement mindset with an ability to identify, influence, and implement better ways to do an activity or process
• Solid technical writing skills with focus on requirements and design documents
• Effective use of data structures and algorithms
• Experience understanding C Coding standards that meets and delivers desired functionality using technology selected for the project. Familiarity of MISRA-C is desirable
• Experienced in product, instrument, system design, verification, validation, and qualification
• Solves technical challenges through application of common design patterns and identifying appropriate patterns for use in problem solving
• Experience in design verification and validation
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and ability to articulate clearly
• Contributes to creative solutions and challenges status quo
• Proactively learns new tools and identifies opportunities for improvement and promotes their adoption

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
• Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

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