Senior Regional Customer Application Engineer – Americas

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

📋 Description

• Act as the main early-stage technical point of contact for designated opportunities throughout the Americas prior to formal proposal submission.

• Direct technical interactions with customers, developers, EPCs, utilities, IPPs, and strategic partners.

• Identify and propose optimal technical solutions and positioning strategies with an emphasis on standard, executable offerings.

• Develop opportunities by clarifying configurations, scope boundaries, customer needs, and technical/commercial risks.

• Assess where customer needs align with standard products and where deviations may pose risks.

• Facilitate discussions on power plant architecture and value trades, encompassing cycle selection, turbine pathways, phased construction, redundancy, efficiency, emissions, footprint, black start, islanding, and grid interface.

• Participate in discussions regarding data center power generation, addressing onsite generation, architectural tradeoffs, scheduling, load growth, resilience, efficiency, and standardization.

• Utilize plant performance and thermodynamic modeling tools to analyze thermal power configurations.

• Perform or oversee configuration optimization and lifecycle/economic value assessments.

• Collaborate with Sales, Product Line, Value Solutions Leaders, Application Engineering, and other relevant departments.

• Work in conjunction with related technical teams, including aeroderivative specialists.

• Create technical content for customer presentations, workshops, and strategic discussions.

• Address pre-RFP technical information inquiries regarding permitting, emissions, interconnection, and preliminary design basis.

• Convey opportunity background, configuration, assumptions, risks, expectations, and approvals to proposal and execution teams.

• Collect market intelligence, competitor insights, and customer feedback.

• Relay voice-of-customer and market feedback to engineering, product, and commercial teams.

• Enhance Lean operations by minimizing rework, promoting early clarity, and reinforcing standard work.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.

• Extensive experience in thermal power generation, gas turbine applications, power plant engineering, project development, proposal engineering, commercial operations, or customer application engineering.

• Proven technical and/or commercial experience with heavy-duty gas turbines.

• Proven technical and/or commercial experience with combined cycle or simple cycle plant configurations.

• Proven technical and/or commercial experience with steam turbine/generator/HRSG integration.

• Proven technical and/or commercial experience with thermal plant development and assessment.

• Proven technical and/or commercial experience with data center development, architecture, behind-the-meter power, infrastructure, and economics.

• Experience engaging with customers or commercial teams in technical discussions that influence project direction, equipment selection, or plant architecture.

• Ability to assess technical requirements, customer objectives, and business constraints collectively and translate them into practical solution recommendations.

• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across the Americas, approximately 20% or as business needs dictate.

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Extensive technical and commercial experience in the power generation sector.

• Strong knowledge of GE Vernova Gas Power products, plant configurations, and the broader power generation value chain.

• Solid understanding of power plant thermodynamics, plant performance analysis, and technical configuration tradeoffs.

• Experience with economic evaluation, lifecycle cost analysis, and customer value-based technical positioning.

• Capability to lead discussions connecting technical architecture decisions to business outcomes.

• Familiarity with data center power generation opportunity development.

• Strong systems thinking and analytical problem-solving skills.

• Robust understanding of market trends, competitor positioning, and evolving customer needs.

• Ability to work effectively across regional and global teams in a highly matrixed environment.

• Lean mindset focused on clarity, standardization, flow, and minimizing non-value-added work.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Successful completion of a drug screening, if applicable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Medical coverage.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Prescription drug coverage.

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

• Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.

• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan.

• Tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and retirement contributions.

• Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.

• Tuition assistance.

• Adoption assistance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• 12 paid holidays.

• Permissive time off.

• Relocation assistance.