Senior Systems Architect

Job Description Summary

Systems Engineering is the heartbeat of innovation—a high-stakes discipline where bold strategy meets technical precision. It transforms complex customer needs into high-performance realities, driving the entire lifecycle from initial concept to operational excellence.

As a Sr Systems Architect in this space, you aren't just managing processes; you are wielding the evaluative judgment and operational acumen to shape budgets, steer cross-functional teams, and influence the trajectory of the entire business. It is where vision, design, and impact converge to deliver world-class solutions.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop and govern integrated power generation system architectures from generator terminals through transmission interconnection facilities, ensuring alignment with customer performance, reliability, and operational objectives.

• Lead technical definition and integration of "inside-the-fence-line" power generation assets including gas turbines, generators, generator step-up transformers (GSUs), isolated phase bus systems, HV/LV electrical gear, substations, protection and control systems, STATCOMs, BESS, and auxiliary plant systems.

• Establish system requirements, architecture baselines, interface definitions, and design standards for complex power generation and industrial electrification projects.

• Partner with Systems Engineering teams to define solution validation strategies, requirements traceability, verification plans, Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), commissioning milestones, and performance validation criteria.

• Lead equipment coordination and system integration activities between multiple engineering disciplines to ensure maximum uptime, operational resilience, maintainability, and system performance.

• Support and review power system studies including load flow, short circuit, grounding, protection coordination, transient stability, harmonics, and arc flash analyses to validate architecture performance.

• Translate customer requirements related to availability, reliability, SLA commitments, MTBF targets, and operational performance into electrical system architecture and design requirements.

• Lead technical risk identification, interface management, and integration planning activities throughout proposal development, engineering, construction, commissioning, and operational phases.

• Serve as the primary technical coordinator across GE Vernova business units including Consulting Services, Gas Power, Grid Solutions, Electrification, Product Management, Engineering, Commercial Operations, Services, and Digital organizations.

• Support business development activities by evaluating technical scope, defining solution architectures, assessing risks, and supporting customer presentations and proposal development activities.

• Develop and standardize reference architectures for repeatable customer applications including data centers, industrial facilities, microgrids, hybrid generation plants, and utility-scale power generation campuses.

• Lead customer-facing technical workshops and architecture reviews while providing executive-level recommendations regarding system design, reliability, and integration strategies.

• Support requirements validation and commissioning activities to ensure all system performance objectives and customer acceptance criteria are successfully achieved.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams while advancing systems engineering best practices throughout the organization.

• Coordinate cross-functional efforts to perform requirements testing, system validation, and integrated solution reviews while driving technical alignment across internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related engineering discipline.

• 12+ years of professional experience in power generation, electric utility systems, EPC projects, transmission and distribution engineering, or related electrical infrastructure functions.

• 7+ years of experience in engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity overseeing multidisciplinary teams. Proven track record of delivering high-value technical solutions for complex energy projects.

• 5+ years of experience presenting technical solutions, including at least 3 years of direct engagement with executive leadership, utility representatives, EPC contractors, and regulatory stakeholders.

• 5+ years of experience managing complex technical initiatives, with demonstrated success in at least 3 large-scale projects as an individual contributor, technical lead, or project manager.

• 7+ years of experience with utility-scale power generation systems, transmission and distribution equipment, and grid interconnection requirements.

• 5+ years of…