Senior Software Engineer

wer systems. We also offer a full range of education courses through our Power Systems Engineering Course.

Senior Software Engineer - Python Developer will assist in developing the PlanOS, GE Vernova's next-generation grid planning platform designed to integrate advanced analytics, high-performance computing, and unified data management for power system studies, including steady-state power flow, transient stability, resource adequacy, production cost, and capacity expansion simulations. In this role, you will work on building scalable software solutions, optimizing system performance, and implementing DevOps best practices. This role will contribute to next-generation energy management, grid planning, and power system optimization solutions. This will also require adding functionality to the existing Python API to interface with the new python package as well as add any features which will aid in expansion planning modelling.

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Partner with key internal stakeholders to understand functionality needs for the Stochastic Expansion Planning module of PlanOS

• Develop Python modules to integrate the Stochastic Expansion planning capabilities into PlanOS's Python API

• Work with the team to develop real-world test cases to prove the capabilities of the tools as they are built

• Assist with software build and Quality Assurance (QA) testing

• Work with Internal and External PlanOS users to identify desired features and capabilities

• Lead portions of the software development, demonstrating and teaching best practices to other members of the team

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering or related field from an accredited college or university

• Minimum 3 years' experience in Software Development

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated software development skills in modern object-oriented languages (at least one of C#, Java, or Python)

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

• Experience with Python, numpy, and hdf5/ h5py

• Experience with software build process, unit testing, and software QA

• Experience with Mercurial, GIT, or other distributed revision control software and developing engineering software tools

• Self-starter with the ability to lead development projects

• Knowledge of bulk electric system economics

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

• Masters / PhD degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

• Demonstrated application of complex mathematics and engineering to real-world electric power system problems

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes