Senior Controls Engineer - Direct Air Capture

Senior Controls Engineer – Direct Air Capture

Company: GE Vernova

Location:

Greenville, SC

GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?
As part of the Direct Air Capture NPI team, you will contribute to defining controls architecture for first‑of‑a‑kind carbon capture systems and evolve prototype controls into scalable, repeatable product architectures.

• Own system-level controls architecture and develop control strategies for DAC process equipment
• Lead MarkVIe-based control system design including I/O assignments, logic development, and system interfaces
• Translate process requirements into robust control logic, loops, and sequencing for startup, shutdown, and fault handling
• Support factory acceptance testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting of control systems in field environments
• Develop control system requirements, specifications, and design standards for the DAC product line
• Collaborate across disciplines to align controls with product and system-level goals in an NPI environment
• Support productization by identifying opportunities for modularization, standardization, and cost reduction
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building controls engineering capability within the DAC team
• Provide technical leadership in design reviews and drive technical decisions for complex control system challenges

• • bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls/Automation, or related discipline with 8+ years of industrial controls experience
• • at least 2 years of hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and commissioning industrial control systems including logic development and field instrumentation
• • at least 2 years of direct experience with GE MarkVIe or closely related GE control platforms and major industrial PLC ecosystems
• • 1 year of demonstrated experience in field commissioning, troubleshooting, and ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams
• • deep experience with GE MarkVIe application development, hardware selection, and HMI integration
• • experience with carbon capture, power generation, or clean energy/low‑carbon technologies
• • broad experience across different controls strategies and industrial communication protocols
• • background in NPI, product development, or early‑stage technology commercialization
• • demonstrated technical leadership in leading design reviews, mentoring engineers, and driving technical decisions
• • experience in startup‑like environments with ability to wear multiple hats

Our culture and benefits include competitive compensation, professional development, medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage, Health Coach, Employee Assistance Program, retirement savings plan, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, paid holidays, and permissive time off. Relocation assistance is provided.

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. Only applicants legally authorized to work in the United States will be considered. All offers are conditioned upon a successful drug screen where applicable.

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