Spring Co-Op/Intern

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

📋 Description

• Assist GE business initiatives pertaining to power systems and controls.

• Collaborate with controls teams to assess product control algorithms.

• Create high-level block diagrams for control systems.

• Formulate simplified control-system models and evaluate them in MATLAB, PSCAD, and other platforms.

• Gain technical knowledge of GE Vernova Solar, Storage, Synchronous Condensers, and STATCOM power-electronics products, along with their integration into electrical grids.

• Engage in automation architecture projects.

• Compile comprehensive written reports and presentations outlining analyses, solutions, and customer value propositions.

• Interact with internal customers effectively.

• Contribute to a collaborative environment emphasizing teamwork, quality, customer service, and innovation.

• Execute Python coding and agentic coding utilizing AI.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree or PhD in electrical or electric power engineering, controls engineering, or a related field.

• General knowledge and awareness of power system and control system concepts.

• Familiarity with inverter-based electrical equipment.

• Proven experience in developing control systems or control algorithms.

• Demonstrated modeling and technical expertise in performance analysis of electric power systems with power electronic components or loads.

• Experience in planning and executing technical projects pertinent to electric power systems and equipment design.

• Proficiency in tuning controllers to meet performance requirements defined in grid codes.

• Experience developing models in the electromechanical domain, such as PSS/E, PSLF, PowerFactory, etc.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Understanding of grid system interactions with power plant equipment and controls.

• Experience with time-domain simulation tools (ATP/EMTP, PSCAD/EMTDC, and MATLAB).

• Experience with programming environments to comprehend controller code and complex simulation modeling (Python or Fortran).

• Experience in programming, tuning, and utilizing user-written “black box” models in PSCAD and MATLAB.

• PhD Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related science.

• Recognized reputation in the industry, prior published articles in IEEE/CIGRE, or participation in industry standards working groups.

• Patents awarded for HV power equipment applications are a plus.

• Experience modeling and simulating inverter-based technologies, including controls in MATLAB, PSSE, and PSLF using both generic and user-written models.

• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Successful completion of a drug screening, if applicable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Competitive compensation.

• Relocation assistance is not available.

• U.S. internship positions are not eligible for GE Vernova benefits.