Job Description Summary

The I&C (Instrumentation & Controls) Field Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) and Software Engineering Manager works within the I&C Engineering team of the GE Vernova Hitachi (GVH) Services Engineering organization. The I&C FPGA and Software team is responsible for designing and implementing both FPGA and software for I&C systems for Nuclear Power Plants. The I&C FPGA and Software team have strong interfaces with electronic hardware design and plant system operations. This role requires technical problem solving, software skills and effective communication/collaboration with other teams within the GE Vernova Hitachi (GVH) business functions.

Job Description

The I&C (Instrumentation & Controls) Field Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) and Software Engineering Manager works within the I&C Engineering team of the GE Vernova Hitachi (GVH) Services Engineering organization. The I&C FPGA and Software team is responsible for designing and implementing both FPGA and software for I&C systems for Nuclear Power Plants. The I&C FPGA and Software team have strong interfaces with electronic hardware design and plant system operations. This role requires technical problem solving, software skills and effective communication/collaboration with other teams within the GE Vernova Hitachi (GVH) business functions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ownership and accountability for I&C engineering activities that support GVH Nuclear spanning the entire GVH portfolio. 
• Identify, develop, evaluate, introduce, and maintain embedded system programmable logic and software solutions (C/C++) to meet near term and long-range customer needs in the area of nuclear I&C.
• Provide technical consultation on various next generation I&C technology development programs throughout the business.
• Lead and provide the key technical direction to large projects with critical business impact.
• Drive GVH’s Safety Quality Delivery Cost (SQDC) standards and all Environmental Health and Safety activities/requirements related to the team. 
• Responsible for team Corrective Action Program (CAP) activities and implement all necessary corrective and preventive actions resulting from quality non-compliance monitoring and audit programs. 
• Accountable for team KPI forecast accuracy. 
• Responsible for bid management activities ensuring engineering deliverables are well defined, estimates and resource loaded schedules are developed and risks identified and documented. 
• Accountability for delivering products and services on-time and on-budget. 
• Team resource planning and project/program assignments. 
• Work collaboratively across the engineering matrix and with business leaders in Product Development, Project Delivery, Sourcing and Quality to ensure close coordination of technical inputs/outputs, project/product requirements, workforce planning/scheduling and risk management. 
• Accountable for team individual development and knowledge management activities 
• Ownership to streamline, integrate and develop team technical and management processes to better support business needs across the organization through Lean and/or Six Sigma methodology. 
• Act as a technical liaise with customers, partner organizations and suppliers as necessary and in close partnership/coordination with Product Development and Project Delivery leaders. 
• Partner with business teams and presents product/program strategies, technical roadmaps, risks and recommendations to senior leads across GVH 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (Electrical, Computer Programming or similar). 
• Minimum 8 years experience as a recognized practitioner in embedded systems programable logic and software  system development and implementation. .

Desired Characteristics

• Operating at a senior level within an organization  
• Excellent writing and verbal communications skills 
• Demonstrated people management and motivation skills
• Knowledge and experience with common HDL languages (SystemVerilog) and FPGA development tools (Quartus, GitLab, etc.)
• Knowledge and experience in embedded software development, including knowledge of common computer languages (C, C++, python, etc.) and software development tools (Version control, IDE’s, Debuggers, etc.).
• Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering or technical discipline preferred
• Experience in the nuclear industry or equivalent large scale new build experience in the power industry 
• Experience managing highly technical and diverse Engineering teams and fu