Job description

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

As a Research Engineer – Sensor Systems and Multivariate Data Analytics you will:

• Design innovative approaches in transducers, signal interrogators, and data analytics for gas and physical sensors

• Work with a multidisciplinary team of Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians creating new state of the art in sensor systems for low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) solutions

• Communicate status updates with key stake holders within and outside GE Vernova Advanced Research

• Collaborate with industrial, academic, and Governmental partners on system level sensing solutions

• Work directly with customers to understand their needs and to identify future opportunities

• Build sensor system solutions specific to needs of our diverse customers

• Contribute to all aspects of industrial sensor systems research – including fundamental innovations, requirements definition, project planning, specifications, system design, and experimental validation

• Identify, conduct, and interpret critical experiments to validate sensor systems concepts and present research findings to senior management

• Develop, write, and present research plans and proposals internal to GE Vernova Advanced Research and to outside agencies and collaborators as appropriate

• Present research results at conferences and publish in leading journals

• Build and maintain a technical network including universities and government agencies

Required Qualifications:

• PhD degree in a relevant Engineering discipline or related field or MS degree in a relevant Engineering Discipline or related field with a minimum of three years of related experience in sensor systems

• Demonstrated experience designing and testing gas or/and physical sensor structures and devices

• Demonstrated ability to design key sensing components such as transducers and to combine them with needed sensing materials and signal interrogators or to apply direct spectroscopic measurements

• Demonstrated experience in data analytics – univariate and multivariate – for sensor applications

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals at the Masters level for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

• Because of the specific categories of data handled by GE Vernova Advanced Research and the structure of our work environment, we are unable to accommodate employment of persons while they are considered nationals of embargoed countries subject to restriction under the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR Section 746 et seq. (currently North Korea, Syria, Iran, Cuba, and Sudan). Please note that citizens of embargoed countries who have either U.S. person” status under U.S. export control laws or subsequent citizenship from a non-embargoed country can be considered.

• Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY.

• Must be 18 years or older.

Desired Characteristics:

• Demonstrated design of sensors based on different transduction principles such as electrical, optical, mechanical, thermal

• Demonstrated design of wired and/or wireless sensors

• Demonstrated understanding of synergism between sensor design and associated data analytics (machine learning) of sensor outputs

• Familiarization of manufacturing principles of designed sensor systems

• Demonstrated ability to work in sensors laboratories and conduct critical experiments

• Demonstrated ability to develop experimental methods for testing sensor system components and whole system

• Demonstrated ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team

• Excellent presentation, speaking, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail

The base pay range for this position is $85,600-$142,60. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for a performance bonus. This position will be posted until at least 9/24/2024.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, 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 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 planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

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.