
Gas Turbine Controls Development Engineer
Greenville, SCFull-time$80–120K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Gas Turbine Controls Development Engineer designs and implements control solutions for power generation within GE Vernova’s Gas Power Controls team. The role spans the product lifecycle, from concept development and detailed design through implementation and field upgrades, in a scaled agile environment using Lean principles. It focuses on developing and validating gas turbine controls software and supporting field validation at customer project sites.
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Job Description Summary
Join GE Vernova’s Gas Power Controls team and help shape how power is delivered to the world through advanced carbon capture, decarbonization, fast power, and grid reconstruction solutions. As a Gas Turbine Controls Development Engineer, you design and implement control solutions that have a direct, meaningful impact on global energy systems. Working within a scaled agile environment using Lean principles, you take charge of the complete product lifecycle—from initial concept development and detailed design to implementation and field upgrades.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
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Develop and validate advanced gas turbine controls application software solutions in collaboration with multidisciplinary systems teams.
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Design comprehensive test plans and execute simulation validation to ensure software reliability and performance before deployment.
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Support field validation of control solutions directly on customer project sites and collaborate with requisition teams to integrate lessons learned into software standards.
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Partner with the Controls Development Product Owner to plan quarterly milestones and sprint commitments while communicating development progress clearly.
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Collaborate with Gas Turbine Systems engineers to surface, document, and translate technical requirements into robust control specifications.
Ideal Candidate Profile
You are a collaborative and analytical engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and translating innovative concepts into reliable, high-performance software solutions for power generation.
Qualifications
Required:
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Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical, or Computer Engineering (or a High School Diploma / General Educational Development (GED) certification with at least 6 years of relevant engineering experience).
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Minimum 2 years of working experience in engineering to include internships and projects.
Preferred:
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Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical, or Computer).
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Hands-on experience with GE Vernova power generation controls, electrical, or accessory system design, including GE ToolboxST application code programming with Mark VIe controllers.
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Experience working successfully in a diverse, cross-functional, global team and within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Scrum environment.
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Ability and willingness to travel for controls field validation and customer meetings.
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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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) . 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: Yes
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $80,000.00 and $120,000.00. 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 November 06, 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 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,383 open Controls Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–120K/yr
- South Carolina median$97–146K/yr34 salary ranges
- US median$110–160K/yr1,349 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $100K, is 17% below the South Carolina median midpoint ($120K) — in the middle half of Controls Engineer salary ranges in South Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 58 open Controls Engineer jobs in South Carolina and 2,383 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in South Carolina
- GE Vernova (this employer)14 open
- Eaton Corporation9 open
- Barry-Wehmiller3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Controls Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,008 postings).
- Education
- 1,184 of the 2,383 open Controls Engineer jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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