SW Engineer - Production Cost

Job Description Summary

Consulting Services is seeking a Software Engineer to advance our long-term power system planning software, with a focus on production cost modeling. In this role, you will contribute towards development of advanced capabilities inform multi-decade investment decisions for generation, transmission, storage under evolving reliability, economic, and decarbonization requirements. You will collaborate closely with our power system experts and software engineers to translate complex planning methodologies into scalable, reliable, and transparent software.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain software modules for production cost planning, including generation, storage, and transmission operating decisions.
• Support multi-region and inter-regional planning with long-term temporal and spatial resolution.
• Implement and improve large-scale optimization models, develop approaches for scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and long-horizon uncertainty.
• Build maintainable, well-tested, and well-documented code for production-grade planning tools.
• Design modular architectures that allow new technologies, policies, and constraints to be added over time.
• Improve runtime performance and memory efficiency for large datasets and long planning horizons.
• Integrate capacity expansion results with downstream models,
• Ensure data traceability and reproducibility of planning results.
• Collaborate with domain experts to validate model behavior and assumptions.
• Clearly communicate technical concepts and modeling results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to documentation and user-facing explanations of model logic and limitations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience programming skills in Python, Java, C# or similar. Familiarity with software engineering best practices (version control, testing, code reviews).
• Must be willing to learn and develop software in Fortran.
• Experience developing optimization-based models or large-scale analytical software.
• Ability to work with large datasets and complex model inputs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with power system planning, energy markets, or grid modeling.
• Familiarity with production cost, capacity expansion, resource adequacy, or long-term planning frameworks.
• Knowledge of renewable energy, storage, transmission planning, or decarbonization policy.

- This is a remote positionApplication Deadline: May 01, 2026For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $94,900.00 and $158,100.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on April 10, 2026.Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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