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Lead engineer accountable for reliability and quality of factory developed software, part of the technical team responsible for the Fuel Manufacturing Operation in the Nuclear business. This engineer ensures factory critical software is reliable, adequate, and meets business security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Audit the performance, security, and reliability of internally developed software.
• Interact with operators, process engineers, technicians, and management.
• Interact with technical personnel from Digital Technology (IT & Security).
• Interact with manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Perform code reviews and use code scanning services/applications.
• Document bugs, outages, faults, etc.
• Serve as first line of engineering escalation for software reliability or feature issues.
• Document issues, changes, and releases using a Version Control Management application (GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Subversion).
• Add features to existing software such as I/O with manufacturing equipment and local data management.
• Upgrade and port legacy software written in FORTRAN, VB6, C to modern platforms such as .NET, Node.js, Python.
• Port prototype and legacy software from OpenVMS to Windows/Linux (or others).
• Develop automated tests, diagnostic tools, and application deployment routines.
• Package and archive existing 3rd party libraries and dependencies (Artifactory, NuGet, NPM, pip).
• Use and maintain a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Enterprise and Propel.
• Develop web‑based and embedded systems HMIs (Human Machine Interface).
• Develop interfaces between manufacturing equipment and software applications using industrial protocols such as GE SRTP, OPC‑UA, MQTT, etc.
• Review, design, generate, update, and monitor manufacturing equipment, devices, systems, and processes in the fuel components area, including both mechanical and electrical/instrumentation aspects of equipment.
• Embrace Global Nuclear Fuel’s nuclear safety culture, where work is performed with an overriding priority on integrity, safety, security, and quality.
• Design, implement, execute, and review Function Test Instructions (FTIs) to ensure operability.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and quality regulations and metrics through use of compliance calendars, databases, and tracking systems.
• Develop and/or improve process automation of existing or new manufacturing processes.
• Maintain, review, update and create area operating procedures (OPS), method sheets (MS), temporary operating instructions (TOIs) and job hazards analyses (JHA).
• Support planned and unplanned maintenance activities.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives in the fuel components operation, including process development and design of experiments (DOE)’s.
• Identify and implement proactive solutions for incremental and step change process improvements related to safety, quality, and output through use of Lean and Six Sigma tools.

Required Qualifications

• 4‑Year Technical Degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with software development and maintenance.

Eligibility Requirements

• Access to U.S. export‑controlled information is required; final offers contingent on obtaining authorization from the U.S. Government.
• Must be comfortable working onsite at the GEH facility in Wilmington, NC on a regular basis.
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (safety shoes, safety glasses, ear plugs). Must walk up and down stairs multiple times during the day, occasionally climb ladders, crawl, kneel, crouch, and reach around manufacturing equipment weekly.
• Must be 18 years or older and have legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Must maintain after‑hours cell phone availability.

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science.
• Strong aptitude for problem solving in software development and maintenance.
• Experience with OpenVMS, Unix, Windows.
• Experience with VBA and/or VB6 (Visual Basic).
• Experience with modern software development platforms such as .NET.
• Proficiency with Version Control Systems: git, GitHub, Subversion.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline technology.
• Experience with industrial control hardware: PLCs, field IO, HMIs.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay range: $91,700.00 – $152,700.00. Geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. Discretionary annual bonus eligibility.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage; Health Coach; Employee Assistance Program; 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching; tuition assistance; adoption assistance; paid parental leave; disability benefits; life insurance; 12 paid holidays; permissive time off. Relocation assistance provided.

Equal Opportunity Employer

GE Vernova is an Equal 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.