GE Vernova Power Conversion Engineering Intern/Co-Op - Fall 2025
USA IT development
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Job Description Summary
Job Description SummaryAre you passionate about innovation? Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?
We operate with a founder’s mindset. We deliver innovation with passion, speed, and courage. We continuously challenge our thinking and are empowered to dream big and take smart risks.
What Impact You'll Make:
As a member of the Power Conversion Co-op/Intern Engineering Team you will be an active contributor to providing Electrical power conversion systems for Naval, industry, marine, and Oil & Gas applications. Typical scope includes MV & LV power converters, motors, transformers, E-house, switchgear, and control as well as the associated power systems engineering.
Job Description
What You Will Do
- Ensure that all designs and practices implement and foster a culture of safety, quality, and value.
- Learn to prepare/review detailed technical specifications for the control of large industry, marine and naval power converters that meet customer requirements.
- Develop, define and deliver the base software package (software with list of libraries/system versions, test reports) for use in typical project configuration
- Learn engineering artifacts associated with specific power converters on projects including software specifications, control specifications, software, control drawings, software, factory acceptance test procedures, and commissioning instructions.
- Learn to create models of the power electronic controls for use by power systems engineers for performing power quality studies and system stability studies.
- Learn the HMI/Control/Process coding.
- Learn to develop test plans in accordance with the Basic Requirements and the electrical power plant
- Learn to use the offline and real time models of the overall electrical power electronics plant, propose, and implement model improvements
- Learn to manage software design process for power converters for specific projects.
- Learn the principles of power converter software, software specifications, control specifications, real time response models, and control & automation hardware drawings to meet detailed customer requirements.
What You'll Bring (Basic Qualifications)
- Minimum 3.0 GPA (without rounding)
- Currently enrolled in an engineering school from an accredited university with a specialty in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering or other similar discipline
- Familiar with coding, and other computer programming tools.
- Experience with development of MATLAB code or similar software (Python, C+, etc)
Other Eligibility Requirements
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Sense of ownership for assigned responsibilities
- Highly motivated, curious, and not afraid to show initiative
- Excellent communication skills, articulate in simplifying complex problems
- Ability to multi-task on a variety of projects
- Strong team attitude and positive moral.
- Strong interpersonal skills and accessible and approachable
- Some technical capability within power electronic power converters, controls, computers, or mechanical engineering with an emphasis on applications.
Internship Term Dates:
September - November/December 2025
Expected Work Schedule:
Day/1st -Shift (40 - hours weekly)
Benefits Available to you:
Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority, and at GE Vernova, we take our responsibility seriously. That is the singular mission of GE Vernova: to continue electrifying the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)
The pay for this position ranges from $21.00/hr - $34.00/hr based on years of undergrate/graduate field of study completed
This position is also eligible for:
- Relocation Assistance: Co-op/Interns will be reimbursed for reasonable, proper, and documented expenditures incurred while initially reporting to work and returning to school/home upon completion of the assignment. Employees with a permanent address greater than 50 miles away from the work location are eligible.
- Housing Allowance: Co-op/Interns employees receive a weekly housing allowance to help off-set living expenses when the co-op/Intern’s permanent residence is at least 50 miles away from the work location.
- Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) after their accumulated service reaches 90 days, and they meet any other eligibility requirements as defined in the plans. (Eligibility occurs on the 1st of the month following the 90th day.)
General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a Sponsor”). Each Sponsor 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 Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
Inclusion & Diversity
At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong. Click here to learn more: https://jobs.gecareers.com/vernova/global/en/i-d-e
This posting will be open until at least September 30, 2024.
About Power Conversion
GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business provides energy conversion technologies, systems, and services across the power and energyintensive industries, driving the electric transformation of the world’s energy and industrial infrastructure. In addtion, the business provides Electrical power conversion systems for Naval, industry, marine, and Oil & Gas applications. Typical scope includes MV & LV power converters, motors, transformers, E-house, switchgear, and control as well as the associated power systems engineering.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE 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 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