Power Electronics Technical Support
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Findlay Township
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Support
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Power Electronics, or related discipline or Master’s degree in electrical engineering with 5 years of experience in electrical engineering.
- Working with industrial drives, converters, or automation systems.
- Solid understanding of motor control principles, drive topologies, and AC/DC converter systems
- Familiarity with technical documentation, such as electrical schematics and troubleshooting procedures
- Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills
- Willingness to support critical issues during off-hours and participate in occasional site visits/travel
- Ability and willingness to travel when needed to resolve site issues up to 20% of the time
Full description
Job Description Summary
GE’s Power Conversion business, part of GE Vernova, provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.
If you are dreaming and passionate to design and/or control Low, Middle and High Voltage Power Electronics converters; which deliver high performance (better than 98% of efficiency) in an environment with condensation risks, with high vibrations (Marinized converters), Shock proved, Arc flash proved; for Industry, Oil and Gaz, Marine or Military application, with accuracy and precision better than the unit percent, and you are willing to push your limits and the technology limits, this is the right opportunity, the right team in a company with culture, ethics and ambitions as GE.
Job DescriptionRoles and Responsibilities
GE Vernova Power Conversion & Storage (PCS) is looking for a Technical Support Engineer to join our Level 2 Engineering team.
This role is critical to ensuring technical excellence in field operations by providing advanced support to service teams and customers for our portfolio of industrial drives, power converters, and control systems.
With the mentoring of experienced Engineers, the Support Engineer will:
- Provide Level 2 (L2) technical support for GE Vernova PCS products, including MV drives, grid-tied converters, DC systems, and PECe controllers
- Assist Field Service Engineers (FSEs) and customers in troubleshooting complex technical issues—both remotely and, when required, on-site
- Support commissioning and validation of power conversion systems (FAT/SAT support)
- Develop and maintain technical instructions, service bulletins, and troubleshooting guides
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for escalated issues and feed insights back to engineering and product teams
- Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams, including Product Engineering, R&D, Quality, and Field Services
- Participate in training efforts, knowledge base development, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Maintain adherence to GE safety, quality, and cybersecurity protocols in all support activities
- Simulate Power Electronics system used for Industrial applications such as Marine Propulsion, Oil and Gas, Metals rolling mills, and Power generation applications for failure investigation
- Specify electrical components (Cables, Filters, Inductors, Capacitors, Transformers, Converters …) of the overall electrical power plant