Senior Excitation Engineer – Nuclear

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Develop the long-term technical strategy for excitation systems within the global nuclear fleet, encompassing obsolescence management, digital enhancements, and life-extension initiatives.

• Ensure that all designs and modifications related to excitation comply with nuclear regulatory standards as well as internal Nuclear Quality Management Systems.

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

• Direct advanced modeling and simulation efforts to assess the interaction between large-scale nuclear baseload generation and evolving grid codes, safeguarding the fleet's ongoing stability.

• Offer expert consulting to the Commercial and Sales teams for multi-million dollar nuclear retrofit proposals, ensuring technical viability and risk management.

• Institutionalize decades of expertise in the excitation domain by mentoring Staff and Lead engineers in nuclear excitation engineering.

• Conduct formal design reviews for New Product Introductions (NPI) and custom nuclear applications, ensuring thorough verification and validation (V&V) processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (Master’s or PhD is strongly preferred).

• At least 10 years of experience in power generation engineering, with a minimum of 5–8 years specifically dedicated to excitation systems or mission-critical power plant controls.

• Experience in a Nuclear Safety Culture and familiarity with nuclear-specific quality and documentation standards.

• Profound understanding of synchronous generator theory and power system stability.

• Strong systems engineering skills with the capability to lead complex, cross-functional integration efforts encompassing excitation controls, generator systems, plant interfaces, and nuclear operational requirements.

• Willingness to travel globally (up to 25%) to support outages, customer design reviews, and regulatory audits (For Remote candidates, travel may require up to 50%).

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, providing a 24/7 nurse-based resource.

• Availability of the Employee Assistance Program, offering 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.

• Retirement benefits including the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings option with company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions.

• Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.

• Tuition assistance.

• Adoption assistance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• 12 paid holidays.

• Permissive time off.