Lead Engineer—Gas Turbine Hot Gas Path Systems
Join GE Vernova's Product Service Engineering team and play a pivotal role in the energy sector, where every day presents new challenges and opportunities to make a global impact. As Lead Engineer—specializing in Gas Turbine Hot Gas PathSystems—you'll be at the forefront, working directly with customers and cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical issues in real time. Your responsibilities will span from urgent daily troubleshooting to in-depth root cause analyses, each carrying significant, long-term implications forboth GE Vernova and our global customer base.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Key Customer Partner: Serve as the primary technical contact for customers, rapidly addressing urgent hot gas path challenges to ensure safe and reliable turbine operation—consistently exceeding customer expectations with accurate, quality-focused solutions.
- Real-Time Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve high-stakes technical problems under tight deadlines, delivering thorough and precise solutions while maintaining the highest standards of technical excellence.
- Collaborative Problem Solver: Partner with design, commercial, and field teams to drive root cause analyses and implement effective solutions that meet customer needs and GE Vernova's business objectives.
- Relationship Builder: Establish and maintain strong internal relationships to ensure customer requirements are fully understood and proactively addressed, fostering collaboration across teams.
- Supplier Interface: Work with internal and external suppliers to identify cost-effective solutions that meet customer requests while upholding GE Vernova's standards for quality and timely execution.
- Technical Communication Leader: Prepare and present clear technical information to customers and senior leadership, including User Conferences, Technical Information Letters (TILs/ETCs), and other written communications addressing technical issues, risks, and recommended resolutions.
- Continuous Improvement Champion: Lead Kaizen projects and participate in Lean Action Workouts to enhance service processes and drive quality, efficiency, and responsiveness improvements.
- Global Field Support: Travel to customer sites to provide hands-on support during outages, technical reviews, and critical inspections—executed with precision and within required timeframes.
- Product Innovation Contributor: Collaborate with design and development teams to introduce new products and technologies, contributing to reliable, efficient power generation with a focus on quality and timely delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Materials Science Engineering, or related engineering field of study from an accredited college or university.
- 5+ years of experience in Design, Repair, Testing, Manufacturing, or Operations
Eligibility Requirements
- Ability to travel globally to customer gas turbine sites and offices to support root cause investigations, critical outage inspections, and customer communications (user conferences or technical meetings); typically <5% travel.
- Ability and willingness to support off-hours occasionally to support customer issue resolution.
Desired Characteristics
- 7+ years' experience in design, repair, manufacturing, or maintenance of gas turbine hot gas path systems.
- Proven mentoring skills with a commitment to coaching and continuous improvement.
- Strong multitasking and project delivery abilities; effective in fast-paced environments.
- Demonstrated leadership and sound decision-making under pressure.
- Clear communicator, able to convey complex technical information across all organizational levels.
- Effective team player with a global mindset, comfortable working across cultures.
- Customer-focused with experience in customer-facing roles; anticipates and meets customer needs.
- Self-starter with strong initiative and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Advocates for and implements process improvements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Skilled at building relationships, energizing teams, and connecting with others.
- Business-oriented, driving tasks to achieve objectives.
- Solid project management experience.
Composed and decisive in challenging, safety-critical situations
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. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Lead Engineer—Gas Turbine Hot Gas Path Systems
Join GE Vernova's Product Service Engineering team and play a pivotal role in the energy sector, where every day presents new challenges and opportunities to make a global impact. As Lead Engineer—specializing in Gas Turbine Hot Gas PathSystems—you'll be at the forefront, working directly with customers and cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical issues in real time. Your responsibilities will span from urgent daily troubleshooting to in-depth root cause analyses, each carrying significant, long-term implications forboth GE Vernova and our global customer base.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Key Customer Partner: Serve as the primary technical contact for customers, rapidly addressing urgent hot gas path challenges to ensure safe and reliable turbine operation—consistently exceeding customer expectations with accurate, quality-focused solutions.
- Real-Time Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve high-stakes technical problems under tight deadlines, delivering thorough and precise solutions while maintaining the highest standards of technical excellence.
- Collaborative Problem Solver: Partner with design, commercial, and field teams to drive root cause analyses and implement effective solutions that meet customer needs and GE Vernova's business objectives.
- Relationship Builder: Establish and maintain strong internal relationships to ensure customer requirements are fully understood and proactively addressed, fostering collaboration across teams.
- Supplier Interface: Work with internal and external suppliers to identify cost-effective solutions that meet customer requests while upholding GE Vernova's standards for quality and timely execution.
- Technical Communication Leader: Prepare and present clear technical information to customers and senior leadership, including User Conferences, Technical Information Letters (TILs/ETCs), and other written communications addressing technical issues, risks, and recommended resolutions.
- Continuous Improvement Champion: Lead Kaizen projects and participate in Lean Action Workouts to enhance service processes and drive quality, efficiency, and responsiveness improvements.
- Global Field Support: Travel to customer sites to provide hands-on support during outages, technical reviews, and critical inspections—executed with precision and within required timeframes.
- Product Innovation Contributor: Collaborate with design and development teams to introduce new products and technologies, contributing to reliable, efficient power generation with a focus on quality and timely delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Materials Science Engineering, or related engineering field of study from an accredited college or university.
- 5+ years of experience in Design, Repair, Testing, Manufacturing, or Operations
Eligibility Requirements
- Ability to travel globally to customer gas turbine sites and offices to support root cause investigations, critical outage inspections, and customer communications (user conferences or technical meetings); typically <5% travel.
- Ability and willingness to support off-hours occasionally to support customer issue resolution.
Desired Characteristics
- 7+ years' experience in design, repair, manufacturing, or maintenance of gas turbine hot gas path systems.
- Proven mentoring skills with a commitment to coaching and continuous improvement.
- Strong multitasking and project delivery abilities; effective in fast-paced environments.
- Demonstrated leadership and sound decision-making under pressure.
- Clear communicator, able to convey complex technical information across all organizational levels.
- Effective team player with a global mindset, comfortable working across cultures.
- Customer-focused with experience in customer-facing roles; anticipates and meets customer needs.
- Self-starter with strong initiative and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Advocates for and implements process improvements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Skilled at building relationships, energizing teams, and connecting with others.
- Business-oriented, driving tasks to achieve objectives.
- Solid project management experience.
Composed and decisive in challenging, safety-critical situations
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. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
