Engineering Technical Lead - Software Support

Posted:
4/21/2026, 6:03:12 AM

Location(s):
North Carolina, United States ⋅ Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
On-site

Pay:
$111k–$213k/yr

Job Description Summary

Lead and mentor team responsible for developing and maintaining Software Support Team for embedded software controls and instrumentations systems to enable nuclear power plants to operate safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Focus on work planning, technical approach, design assurance, and execution excellence.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

  • Lead the Software Support Team for testing, tools creation, and general support for the Software Development team.
  • Lead preparation of work planning, scheduling, and resource loading across Module Testing, Test Tool Creation, and Software Tools support using the applicable practices, guides, and tools.
  • Support project engineering or manager with understanding execution metric and status, issues, risks, mitigation or recovering plans, and be extremely proactive to identify changes in scope.
  • Drive compliance utilizing scope, detailed work planning, budget, overall schedule, applicable design processes, and discipline specific practices and tools including design and technical reviews.
  • Lead “day-to-day” operations and follow-up to ensure deliverables are produced and commitments met on-spec., on-budget, and on-schedule.
  • Coordinate proactively and inclusively for overall team across other engineering disciplines to support the software development teams' objectives.
  • Collaborate with project management, project engineering, support functions, and others to drive project completion.

Job Description

  • Identify, confirm, document, and lead resolution of technical, risk, other emergent issues.
  • Provide technical oversight and mentorship to ensure system designs and deliverables comply with requirements throughout design release to manufacturing or supplier including production, validation, installation, and commission tests.
  • Support strategy, plan, statement of work preparation, and implementation of resource loading.
  • Assist with hosting learning sessions, knowledge capture, and transfer initiatives.
  • Use variety of tools for requirements, design, change, configuration, and document management.
  • Champion nuclear safety culture; Ensure compliance with GEH policies, quality management system, and corrective action program.
  • Deliver work with integrity, safety, security, quality, and on-time output.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent 4-year technical degree from an accredited college or university
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in embedded software development, including a deep working knowledge of C Programming language and software development tools (GitLab version control, IDE’s, Debuggers, etc.).
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience with C Coding conventions, unit testing, and integration testing of software.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience performing independent, or preferably team based, system design or technical reviews including interfacing with requirements management, independent verification and validation.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with test stands and Hardware In the Loop (HWIL) testing
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with Automated Testing electronic control systems.

Eligibility Requirements

  • The work location is 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.

Desired Qualifications

  • Gitlab/Github
    • Epics
    • Issues
    • Merge-Requests
  • Python Tool building
    • Pygubu-Designer for UI development
      • Basic tkinter experience
    • Sockets and requests library knowledge
    • MVC based development

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.

Additional Information

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. 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 for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

 

 

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $111,200.00 and $213,200.00. 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 21, 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.

GE Vernova

Website: https://www.gevernova.com/

Headquarter Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 2021

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

Industries: Energy ⋅ Energy Efficiency ⋅ Sustainability

Visa Sponsorship: Sponsors work visas