Senior Software Engineer – Edge Intelligence & Decentralized Grid Operations
West Melbourne, FL - USA
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
Senior Software Engineer Edge Intelligence & Decentralized Grid OperationsWere building the foundation for next-generation decentralized grid operationsdistributing intelligence to the resilient edge to enable autonomous self-healing and adaptive grid management. As a Full-Stack Software Engineer you will design and deliver edge intelligence federated data pipelines and digital twin components that drive real-time reliability autonomy and security for critical energy systems.
This is a hands-on high-impact role in a startup-style fast moving environment where ideas turn into realization fast. Youll will report directly to the Electrification Chief Architect in CTO organization and working closely with product leaders R&D teams and customers to incubate test validate and scale GEV technologies for the Grid of the Future.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deploy edge-native software components for decentralized sensing control and autonomous grid operations
- Engineer fault-tolerant data synchronization and concurrency control across distributed edge environments
- Build federated data pipelines enabling distributed nodes to collaborate securely without central coordination
- Integrate field data sources including SCADA PMUs and DER controllers
- Implement IoT protocols and networks such as LoRa MQTT DNP3 and Modbus
- Bridge the gap between simulation environments and live grid operations
- Integrate AI/ML capabilities and federated control frameworks into next-generation grid platforms
- Contribute to digital twin design using graph-based and physics-informed modeling
- Support experimentation and prototyping at customer test sites and simulation environments
- Work closely with data scientists control engineers infrastructure specialists and customers
- Collaborate with systems engineers to align software with physical grid systems
- Partner with product teams to rapidly turn ideas into validated scalable solutions
Critical Technical skills and Experience Requirements
- Strong skills in script writing using MATLAB Go Rust Python (backend/edge) and HTML CSS TypeScript/React or Angular(UI).
- Deep Experience with Kubernetes/K3s Kafka/NATS MQTT gRPC PulsarInfluxDB/TimescaleDB and observability stacks (Prometheus Grafana).
- Work Experience with Digital Twin / Simulation modeling: OpenFMB Modelica graph-based modeling) and AI/ML model algorithms.
- Hands-on work with AI/ML models in production environments.
- Work experience federated architectures and resilient edge software applied to with Transmission and distribution applications.
Preferred Background
- Masters degree electrical engineering or computer science with a minimum of 5 years experience in the power industry
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in building real-time simulation platforms
- Deep knowledge in SW engineering with experience in advanced Automation federated data processing.
- Experience of Power System modeling and simulation tools such as EMT platforms (e.g. PSCADRTDS Opal-RT).
- Track record of building shipping and scaling complex software systems.
- Exposure to grid operations DER management and industrial IoT environments.
- Experience with real-time or cyber-physical systems where latency and reliability are key.
- Familiarity with grid standards or protocols (e.g. IEEE 2030.5 IEC 61850 OpenFMB) is a strong plus.
- Experience withdigital twin modelingframeworks (Modelica OpenFMB graph-based)
Behavioral Skills
- Innovation in practice delivers measurable customer-validated outcomes.
- Entrepreneurial mindset: bias for action curiosity for whats possible and cross-functional collaboration.
- Cross-functional collaboration across software controls and hardware.
- Comfortable working in agile mission-oriented teams.
- Communication: Explains complex concepts clearly; welcomes feedback and alternative viewpoints
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GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual 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
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