Control & Protection Engineer

GE Vernova

Engineer – Control & Protection at GE Vernova designing and optimizing protection relay systems for EHV/HV substations. Ensuring reliability and efficiency of global power systems operations.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeChennai • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As an Engineer – Control & Protection at GE Vernova Grid Solutions, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and optimizing protection relay systems for EHV/HV substations
Your expertise will ensure the reliability and efficiency of power systems, supporting our global operations across various regions
Provide technical leadership and interface with GSI Regions/GE Vernova Business Lines to estimate the optimized manhour cost for the engineering activities
Prepare and present technical data to internal and external customers
Document and communicate results of technical data generated
Perform the study on Electrical Power systems and load flow and short circuit studies etc.
Design and prepare scheme drawings as per project requirements in E-CAD Tool
Design/review the Substation automation system based on IEC61850 standards
Review equipment drawings of major Substation Equipment for AIS / GIS

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s (or) master’s degree in electrical engineering
5+ years of experience in substation protection relay systems within EHV Electrical Substations, Oil & Gas or Power Transmission industries
Experience in EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) environments with multidisciplinary teams
Experience of Secondary(CRP/SAS, Aux Systems, Telecom, Interface) engineering up to 765kV/400kV/220KV and HVDC Substations (AIS/GIS/SOLAR/WIND)
Experience/Knowledge on Relay Testing, Equipment Testing, Control / Protection scheme testing & SAS Commissioning experience (min 1 year) shall be given additional weightage

Benefits

Comp & perks

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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Hard Skills & Tools

protection relay systemsEHV substationsload flow studiesshort circuit studiessubstation automation systemIEC61850 standardsrelay testingequipment testingcontrol scheme testingSAS commissioning

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunicationpresentation skillsdocumentationinterfacing with teams

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineeringMaster's degree in electrical engineering