Lead Electrical Component Engineer
GE VernovaWilmington, NC
Full Time
Posted October 8, 2026
$89k - $149k
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 9, 2026
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- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Power Generation
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Job Description
Lead Electrical Engineer in Component Engineering for Electrical Hardware parts including Protective Relays, Control Relays/Contactors/Starters, SBM Lead Electrical Engineer in Component Engineering for Electrical Hardware parts including Protective Relays, Control Relays/Contactors/Starters, SBM Switches, MC circuit b
Key Responsibilities
- Perform role of component engineering for electrical parts, executing and supporting technical evaluations and commercial grade dedication activities.
- Demonstrates accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and technical accuracy of assigned tasks.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership, provide mentorship through verification and peer review activities.
- Perform evaluations of analytical and experimental issues electrical parts dedication testing.
- Support BWR multi-business new product development, obsolesce resolution research, and emergent power plant issues.
- Support and perform technical analyses, evaluations, verifications, NCR resolutions, deviation dispositions, and supplier quality audits.
- Support GEH quality requirements defined in policies and procedures.
- Establish productive working relationships with product and project management, support functions, and suppliers.
- Support LEAN, continuous process improvement, and cost-out programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics from an accredited university or college.
- Minimum 4 years of experience creating design requirements, specifications, documentation in heavy and high reliability industries such as; nuclear, power, process, marine, oil & gas, military, etc.
- The required work location for this role is at the GVH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC
- This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
- Knowledge of electrical parts procurement and commercial grade dedication process.
- Experience with design and manufacturing process used for electrical components.
- BWR Technology and Licensing
- Experience with Qualification of 1E electrical equipment.
- Experience with equipment qualification [environmental, seismic, embedded digital] testing to diverse industry standards [e.g., IEEE, IEC, ASME].
- Clear thinker, detail oriented, insightful, quantitative, results oriented – Able to make reasoned, sound, and timely decisions.
- Exceptional technical writing.
- Strong verbal communication and facilitating skills for technical and business audiences.
- Able and willing to take ownership and responsibility for scoping, planning, prioritizing, scheduling, budgeting, action tracking, monitoring, corrective actions, reporting, etc.
- Team player with cross- discipline and matrixed functional skills and experience.
- Able to handle multiple concurrent assignments and priorities.
- Adaptive with continuous learning and improvement “mindset” with an ability to identify, influence, and implement better ways to do an activity or process.
- This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
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