Job Description Summary

To deliver GE Vernova’s Asset Performance Management (APM) & Device Management (DvM)… - Asset Management portfolio of software and services for Transmission & Distribution for multiple projects - GE Grid Solutions is looking for a Software Project Delivery Engineer (DE).

Software Delivery Engineer (DE) works with different teams to deliver strategic Asset Management Software projects. She/he will oversee the technical projects deliveries and will be the interface between the GEV operation central team (located in Paris / Dubai) and GEV customers.

Job Description

The Lead Software Delivery Engineer (DE) should have the technical software skills to lead the software services delivery in the time, quality and the budget required for the projects while keeping a good relationship with customers. This position is primarily remote with occasional customer reporting and some in-office requirements.

The main scope packages of the typical delivery of the Delivery Engineer are:

• The DE will be in charge of all the software deliveries from GEV to the customer/channel partners, as agreed during the tender stage.

• She/he is the voice of the GEV to interface with the customer for all GEV software solutions

• The DE should follow-up with all teams: GEV people, channel partners (if any) and the customer to deliver the required scopes

• Oversee the on-time delivery, the implementation and the quality of all design notes and statements of work prepared by the Software team of the project

• Guarantee of the review and the approvals of the software, Cloud & Hardware delivery, architecture and implementations

• Oversee the modeling of assets and grid substations work and the developed software interfaces

The DE is the technical owner / coordinator of the technical execution of the APM projects on the scheduled time with the required quality and will be responsible & accountable of the technical project organization, planning & resources definition of each project.

The DE will be supported by software engineers/integrators and other subject matter experts (SMEs) globally and in the regions while executing the project, but he/she will have to support and perform technical tasks when it’s required.  

The DE will be required to support tendering and demonstration of APM to the customer when required.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in software engineering/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience/knowledge

• 5 years experiences in Software delivery management and/or a Delivery Engineer/Manager in Software or asset management projects

Desired Characteristics

• 7 to 10 years experiences in project delivery with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Utilities or Industrials

• 3+ years experiences in maintenance process with utilities, industry, or OEM company

• Proven experience with international experience of project fronting multiple customers.

• Knowledge of software solutions and technologies:

  • Concepts of Asset Management and / or Asset Performance Management (APM) is a plus

  • Concepts of Device Management (DvM) systems and device lifecycle operations is a plus

  • Concepts of ERP, SAP, Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a plus

  • Knowledge of Linux/Kubernetes setups

  • Knowledge of Cloud concepts and high-level data-center concepts

  • Excellent Knowledge of Software Deployment, configuration, integration and database interfaces (SQL and/or other), Webservices, ETL, timeseries databases

  • Good Knowledge of data exchange formats: JSON, XML, CSV, YAML…

  • Concepts of IoT protocols and webservices: OPC UA/DA, MQTT, Kafka, REST API, gRPC, SNMP, SFTP……

  • Well organized and autonomo

  • Knowledge of the electrical communication protocols: IEC-101, IEC-104, DNP3, IEC61850, Modbus

  • Concepts with Operation Technology (OT) is a plus, such as SCADA/EMS systems

  • Concepts of Geographic Information System (GIS) is a plus

  • Knowledge of the primary assets of the grid (GIS, Transformer, Bays, Circuit Breakers) is a plus

  • Knowledge of secondary assets of the grid (protection relays, bay controllers, gateways, network switches) is a plus

• Able to work in multi-cultural/ Multi location teams.

• Teamwork oriented

• Able to work u