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Lead Systems Engineer

GE Vernova

Greenville, SCJob$89–149K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$89–149K/yr
Location
Greenville, SC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Lead Systems Engineer supports corrective actions in collaboration with Root Cause Analysis and oversees Emergent Repair programs to resolve complex problems while prioritizing technician safety and turbine availability. The role guides system design decisions, leads technical program teams and services investments, and manages requirements, risks, and optimization from design through launch. It requires an engineering bachelor's degree and at least two years of engineering or technology experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Complex Issue AnalysisDecision MakingSystems ThinkingConceptual DesignSystem Trade-OffsWind Turbine ExperienceRequirements DefinitionRequirements DecompositionRequirements TranslationCommunication

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering2+ Years Engineering Experience

Benefits

Relocation Assistance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Job Description Summary

Systems engineering is a cross-functional engineering discipline centered on an approach, mindset, and process. All activities that consider both the business and the technical needs of the customers with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the users needs. The discipline that executes a robust process of design, creation, and optimization of systems, consisting of identification and quantification of system requirements, creation of alternate system design concepts, performance of design trade studies, selection and implementation of the best designs and verification that the design is properly integrated and executed. Process that proceeds from concept to production to field operation.

A successful Lead Systems Engineer impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. They are guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role.

The focus of this role will be supporting the implementation of corrective actions in collaboration with Root Cause Analysis. The role will also be responsible for Emergent Repair programs ensuring that complex problems are resolved with a focus on technician safety and turbine availability.

Impacts departmental operations and responsible for planning/execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Some judgment may be required but this is typically with guidance.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Responsible for execution for Emergent Repair programs to resolve complex issues and return turbines to service.

  • Responsible for collaboration with Root Cause Analysis team to develop repairs for long term corrective actions.

  • Identify and develop programs to drive down time to return units to service

  • Partner with Program Management and Product Line to guide optimal design decisions for current products, new products, and commercial deals to achieve business objectives

  • Lead technical program teams on system trade-offs and optimizations with a focus on Safety and reducing Services Costs.

  • Communicate and provide recommendations through analysis, preparation and presentation of technical material to internal and external audiences

  • Lead Services investments from pre-conceptual design work through design, validation and launch, prioritizing and managing risks on safety, quality, delivery, and cost

  • Effectively manage program requirements and requirement flow down to optimize product offering and competitiveness

  • Work with Systems Leaders to leverage lessons learned, best practices, process improvements and standard work

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college

  • Minimum of 2 years of significant experience in Engineering/Technology

Desired Characteristics

  • Ability to break down complex issues, determine possible courses of action, and enable effective decision making

  • System or product-level mindset

  • Conceptual design and/or system-level trade-off experience

  • Wind turbine experience in design, installation, operation, maintenance or repairs

  • Requirements definition, decomposition, and/or translation experience

  • Effective communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

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 $89,300.00 and $148,700.00. 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 October 19, 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 2,802 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$89–149K/yr
  • South Carolina median$113–185K/yr23 salary ranges
  • US median$135–209K/yr2,023 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $119K, is 20% below the South Carolina median midpoint ($149K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineering salary ranges in South Carolina.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 33 open Systems Engineering jobs in South Carolina and 2,802 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in South Carolina
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 2,164 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 946 of the 2,802 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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