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Nuclear Projects Quality Engineer

GE Vernova
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Jan 2026
💰 $180,400/yr($108,200/yr$180,400/yr)

About the role

Job Description Summary

Our Nuclear customers and regulators expect flawless project performance, full traceability to both standards and contracts and a culture of continuous improvement. The Projects Quality Engineer (PQE will provide governance over Nuclear Projects and represent CSS Quality Engineering for all Nuclear opportunities. Project Quality Engineers review standards and contracts in the commercial phase to develop quality plans and effort estimates. During execution they will support Verification and Validation (V&V) of design efforts, assure assembly and acceptance testing traceability, resolve non-conformances and guide audits to ensure successful project outcomes.

Job Description

Requirements

  • Provide Governance and Oversite for Nuclear Projects:
  • Scrutinize customer specifications - ensure standards accepted are appropriate to our scope of work (Nuclear Safety / Non-Safety Related)
  • Develop and deploy Project Quality Plans, including Software Quality Planning.
  • Review and support Tables of Compliance analysis for Nuclear Standards cited in requests for quotation.
  • Support customer audits to demonstrate compliance and performance.
  • Conduct daily Project Gemba - represent the voice of employees on quality.
  • Own certificates of compliance.
  • Support Projects to engage in frequent customer interaction - represent the voice of nuclear customers to business leadership.
  • Audit Projects to assure compliance with QMS and regulatory standards while reducing risk.
  • Ensure nuclear project lessons learned are screened with finding, continuous improvement and corrective actions tracked.
  • Collaborate with all functions (Sales, Projects, Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, Services) to Stop the Line early, resolve defects quickly, gather lessons learned and implement improvement actions as needed.
  • Communicate and mentor widely to cultivate a quality culture of customer passion, compliance, and waste reduction.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university or college.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience
  • At least 5 years’ experience in Quality role or Engineering with demonstrated Quality experience
  • Ability to discriminate applications of Standards in Safety Related vs. Non-Safety related Applications (i.e. ISO-9001:2015)

Desired Characteristics

  • Experience in Nuclear Controls Projects
  • Understands Nuclear Safety Standards (10CFRAppB, N299, N286, N290, ISO 19443, NQA-1, IEC-61513, IEEE 1012, IEEE 730)
  • Process experience in Software and Electronics Industry; critical infrastructure experience a plus.
  • Able to learn Systems, Processes and Tools quickly.
  • Proven experience leading Quality standards implementations.
  • Proven experience solving quality problems directly - can provide examples of hands on solutioning through full problem-solving cycles.
  • Strong ability to collaborate effectively - sustaining relationships while driving rapid organizational changes.
  • Cross functional leadership experience in Operations, Services, Engineering or Projects.


 

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

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

Application Deadline: February 27, 2026

 

 

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $108,200.00 and $180,400.00. The Company pays a geographic diffe

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