Sr. Electricity Market Optimization Software Engineer in , us

Senior Electricity Market Optimization Software Engineer

In this role, you will work closely with a team of 8-15 people who are responsible for enhancing, evolving, and supporting large on-premise highly-available Electricity Market Management System (MMS). The team includes power systems, database, software, and optimization engineers. As a Senior Electricity Market Optimization Software Engineer, you will contribute and lead advanced Power Systems Application software design, development, testing, integration and tuning to meet project and/or product commitments. The projects mainly consist of developing power system features for Electric Utilities, Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs).
Job Description Essential Responsibilities:
Be responsible for defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure
Provide domain knowledge and/or technical leadership to a team of electricity markets application software engineers
Lead and contribute to electricity market application development and ensure software delivery is on schedule, within budget and meets or exceeds customer expectations
Write documents such as design notes, testing procedures, etc.
Provide budgetary estimate for new project tasks to project leads and project managers
Work with customer throughout the project life cycle to ensure the software meets customer's quality standards and functional requirements
Mentor junior team members
Interact with Product Development Team, Customers, Solution Providers (Partner / Integrators), and other cross-functional teams as required
Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, software and product security, scalability, documentation practices, refactoring, and testing techniques
Basic Qualifications:
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with thesis or related work in power systems OR in "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
A minimum of Four (4) years of experience in Electricity Markets, Security Constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch using Mixed Integer Programming (MIP), or Power System Analysis applications
Legal authorization to work in the country where the job is posted
GE may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills.
Desired Characteristics:
Technical Expertise: PhD in Electrical Engineering with thesis or related work in power systems, plus One (1) years of experience in development or project delivery experience in Electricity Market field
Continuous improvement oriented; actively generates process improvements, champions and drives change initiatives
Highly organized and efficient; able to balance competing priorities and execute accordingly
Strong understanding of Mixed-Integer Programming (MIP)
Experience with testing and test automation
Strong knowledge of source control management and GitHub in particular
Demonstrated ability to learn new software development practices, , and tools
Self-starter; comfortable pulling together information from multiple resources
Leadership: Serves as a mentor to newer team members in support of business goals and objectives
Continuously measures the completion rate of personal deliverables and compares them to the scheduled commitments
Provides transparency into problem solving approach and options
Demonstrates ability to determine fair and reasonable outcomes with shared tradeoffs
Demonstrates ability to define requirements and collaborate on solutions, leveraging personal technical knowledge and network of experts
Communication style encourages effective interaction with customer and cross-functional teams
Leverages knowledge of product capability to mitigate risk and drive desired outcome
Great at helping others understand and adopt new DevOps skills and practices – both within your work team and with the customer
Detailed oriented and expect software systems to be organized and automated
Curiosity drives your learning
You naturally work to extend your sphere of knowledge of the greater system within which your components are a part
Comfortable planning and completing your own work
You can run with a list of tasks to be done, but also know when to ask questions
Influences and energizes others toward the common vision and goal
Maintains excitement for a process and drives to new directions of meeting the goal even when odds and setbacks render one path impassable
Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GE
Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly
Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address seemingly unanswerable problems
Eligibility Requirements:
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required
GE may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen
Must be willing to travel 10-20% of the time
Must be willing to work out of an office located in Bothell, WA if the need arises
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 , , , or ethnic , , , or expression, age, , 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).