Embedded Computing Research Engineer - Embedded Systems
GE VernovaBase Salary
$80k - $120k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, integrate, and test edge and embedded software for industrial automation, networking, and enterprise platforms.
- Translate program requirements into embedded-system designs and implementation plans.
- Develop firmware and application software in C/C++ for resource-constrained, real-time platforms.
- Build and automate unit, integration, hardware-in-the-loop, and system-level test plans.
- Support transition of research prototypes into GE Vernova product platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers, government partners, national laboratories, universities, and strategic partners.
- Contribute to proposals, technical reports, program reviews, and research program milestones.
- Apply secure-by-design principles and cybersecurity practices throughout the embedded-software lifecycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 1–5 years of relevant industry experience, including at least 1 year of professional experience in embedded systems, firmware, or edge software development.
- Proficiency in embedded software development using C and/or C++.
- Experience with microcontrollers, microprocessors, system-on-chip platforms, and hardware interfaces such as SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, or Ethernet.
- Familiarity with industrial protocols including Modbus, DNP3, OPC UA, IEC 61850, MQTT, or BACnet, and serialization formats including Protocol Buffers or JSON.
- Experience with Linux systems or real-time operating systems and the embedded development lifecycle.
- Preferred qualifications include industrial control systems, RTOS scheduling, bare-metal development, edge-to-cloud applications, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, embedded cybersecurity, JavaScript or TypeScript, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, FPGA/ASIC design, digital logic, Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, and functional verification.
- Must be willing to work from the GE Vernova office in Niskayuna, New York.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, disability, and life insurance coverage.
- Health Coach, Employee Assistance Program, and Fidelity financial-planning resources.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with matching and company retirement contributions.
- Tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
- No relocation assistance is provided.
- The posting states the position is remote, while eligibility requirements also state willingness to work from the Niskayuna, New York office.
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About GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world. It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Electrification, and Wind -- with focus on accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come. GE Vernova’s attitude and edge is embedded in its name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have the energy to change the world.