Senior Product Systems Architect – GridBeats Substation Monitoring

This is a product-facing technical leadership role at the intersection of customer needs product strategy systemarchitectureand engineering execution. The successful candidate will translate customer problems into technicallyfeasibleand commercially sensible system solutions while coordinating internal engineering teamssuppliersand technology partners.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Define and own the overall architecture of the substationmonitoringplatform encompassing hardware firmware software and data layers.

• Translate customer and product needs into system capabilities requirementsinterfacesand technical acceptance criteriaensuring alignment with product goals and operational constraints.

• Act as the technical bridge between product management domain SME engineering teamssuppliersand customers.

• Create andmaintainthe key architecture systemrequirementsand interface documentation needed to guide engineering.

• Lead technical product discovery feasibility assessments prototypes and architecture trade-offs across performance cost scalability reliability and maintainability.

• Develop a forward-looking platform strategy to support integration of AI/analytics expandability and evolving grid needs.

• Design software architecture to support edge-to-cloud integration including secure communication scalable data pipelines and deployment flexibility

• Design the software and data architecture for secure edge-to-cloud integration scalable data pipelines and flexible deployment across local distributed and cloud environments.

• Align system design with industry standards (e.g. IEC 61850 IEEE C37 DNP3 MODBUS) for secure and reliable operation in grid environments.

• Integrate sensor data asset models and diagnostic tools into a unified platformcovering data acquisition processing visualization anddiagnostics..

• Establish architectural patterns for modular deployment secure access control update mechanisms and multi-tenant operation for cloud systems.

• Manage technical decisions around containerization (e.g. Docker) orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) and cloud services (e.g. AWS Azure).

• Support field trials and customer pilots incorporating lessons learned into the product architecture.

• Supportmakebuypartner decisionsand lead the technical evaluation and integration of suppliers sensors analyticsprovidersand third-party technologies

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering Systems Engineering Computer Science or related field (masters preferred).

• Solid and strong experience in system architecture or complex product development in industrial or energy applications.

• Experience defining systems that combine hardware softwarecommunicationsand data processing.

• Understanding ofsystems decomposition requirements flow-down and cross-domain interface definition.

• Demonstrated leadership in technical coordination across cross-functional teams(engineering customer-facing functions partners)

• Experience with digital software-enabled oranalytics drivensolutions.

• Ability to clearly communicate architecture and trade-offs to varied audiences both technical and executive.

• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Desired Characteristics:

• Domain knowledge in electric power transmission & distribution especially substations andpower systems.

• Exposure toedge computing IoTarchitectures and real-time analytics.

• Understanding ofAI/ML applications for predictive diagnostics or fault analysis.

• Experience evaluating suppliers and integrating third-party technologies.

• Strong customer orientation commercialawarenessand product thinking.

Join GE Vernova GridBeats and help shape the future of substation monitoring. Yourexpertisewill drive innovation in a collaborative team delivering real impact on critical energy infrastructure.