Senior Product Systems Architect - Substation Monitoring

About the role

GE Vernova's GridBeats product line is building a new software-defined automation solution for substation monitoring, combining smart online sensors, seamless data integration and advanced analytics. The Senior Product Systems Architect defines the architecture and system-level definition of this digital monitoring platform, acting as a product-facing technical leader who translates customer needs into feasible system solutions and coordinates engineering teams, suppliers and technology partners.

Key responsibilities

• Own the overall architecture of the substation monitoring platform, covering hardware, firmware, software and data layers.
• Turn customer and product needs into system capabilities, requirements, interfaces and technical acceptance criteria.
• Bridge product management, domain experts, engineering teams, suppliers and customers, and maintain architecture and interface documentation.
• Lead technical product discovery, feasibility assessments, prototypes and architecture trade-offs.
• Design software architecture for edge-to-cloud integration, secure communication, scalable data pipelines and flexible deployment across local, distributed and cloud environments.
• Align designs with industry standards such as IEC 61850, IEEE C37, DNP3 and MODBUS.
• Set up architectural patterns for modular deployment, secure access control, updates and multi-tenant cloud operation.
• Manage technical decisions on containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes) and cloud services (AWS, Azure).
• Support field trials and customer pilots, and evaluate suppliers and third-party technologies.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, systems engineering, computer science or a related field (master's preferred).
• Solid experience in system architecture or complex product development in industrial or energy applications.
• Experience defining systems that combine hardware, software, communications and data processing.
• Demonstrated leadership in coordinating cross-functional teams and partners.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Required skills

• Edge computing, IoT architectures and real-time analytics exposure.
• Knowledge of AI/ML for predictive diagnostics or fault analysis.
• Supplier evaluation and integration of third-party technologies.
• Ability to explain architecture and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences.

Relocation assistance is not provided.