Job Description Summary

This is an exciting new role within the System Technology and Adaptive Intelligence (STAI) team in Gas Power Engineering (GPE), who’s organizational vision is to create “An artificial-intelligence-enhanced electric power & CO2 focused innovation team that supports and incubates new ventures and ideas through diligent engineering to provide cleaner, more flexible power to the world,” and we are looking for dynamic systems design engineers to help us achieve this vision, focusing on our team that brings Gas Power products from conceptual design to new product introduction.

The person in the Consulting Engineer – Conceptual Design, Optimization & Advanced Methods will create, design and analyze the next generation of competitive Gas Power products with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methods for world class product Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. This individual will also work across engineering, product management, manufacturing, tools and other business disciplines to create and implement fast product design and optimization processes for traditional and non-traditional products targeting massive program cost-out and business productivity. This role requires access to US Export Controlled information.

Job Description

Demonstrates accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives in the field of complex, multi-variate Systems design and optimization and tools development. Identifies and develops pre-NPI processes that meet business needs across the organization.  Involved in long-term planning. This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional areas of Product Systems design.

• Identify, develop, evaluate, and introduce engineering solutions to meet near term and long-range product line and engineering productivity needs.  Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Advanced Research and other stakeholders to define and create competitive advanced product solutions for future investment.  Demonstrate a high “say-do” ratio and perform on-time and technically excellent product concept trade studies, optimization and advanced methods for the broader engineering team.  Review personal work with peers and CTH community and proactively address concerns and retire risks.
• Lead and provide the key technical direction to large projects with critical business impact.  Develop next generation product cost, performance and operability design tools and methods with emphasis to deploy Adaptive Intelligence methods for robust solutions and design productivity.
• Provide technical consultation on product problems throughout the business including supplier and field support.  Champion adoption of the latest engineering tools technologies and drive consistent “apples-to-apples” assumptions and technical comparisons across product options to clearly show technology impact and investment opportunity.  Partner with Technical Competitive Assessment to understand market position and propose new Gas Power programs and countermeasures to address risk and improve product customer value.
• Assist team with Technical rigor to develop safe, high quality products while being actively Engaged during design process.  Develop foundational design practices and methods that will be used in future NPI programs and industrialization efforts.
• Exercise Curiosity by striving for improved products & processes to support customers.  On occasion, design and develop non-traditional product offerings aligned with long range business interests.
• Provide technical consultation to cross-functional teams throughout the business to improve or resolve manufacturing, product center, supplier, or field issues.
• Effectively communicate and provide recommendations through the analysis, preparation and presentation of technical data to internal and external GE customers using reports, records, and letters.  Foster effective communication and simplify complex problems into understandable messages.
• Use knowledge and expertise to market winning proposals in anticipation of business product needs.  Create and champion product innovation through the identification and adoption of the latest technology.  Create high value Gas Power external program concept papers and technology proposals for third-party funding.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage, as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company.  
• Demonstrate and activate the GE Vernova Way: Innovation, Customers, Lean, One Team, Accountable.
• Assure timely communication of technical and business information among organizations and within the team.
• Be a Helpful res