16 IT / Telecommunications jobs in Oxford, City Of Stoke-on-trent

Reporting to the Senior Engineer Program Manager, the Product Architect is a technical leader & representative of the transmission product family, internally and outside the company. Responsible for technically leading activities on Bay Protection and Control Units family product devices. Responsibility spans the product life cycle, project planning, resource loading, and budget and cross functional execution, leading all areas of the product design, engineering thru successful execution and launch of product releases. This role embraces accountability to drive technical road maps cross divisional with software, hardware, product validation and certification, in partnership with product management.,

• Programming and deploying low-level software design
• Understanding of real-time operating systems
• Lead a sustain a world class development team to consistently deliver complex platforms
and projects of varying size and duration.
• Coach, mentor a diverse product development team through lean/agile development
transformation.
• Spearheads adoption of industry standards, within the company; and evangelizes Agile
transformation and shared best practices and estimation techniques across teams at GE Vernova.
• Provides expertise on the overall technical risk management and quality for the product and its application.
• Utilise your expertise to develop, own, manage, and communicates technical product roadmaps, and work with product management and cross functional teams to drive strategic program planning with a 5+ year outlook.
• Manages the technical dependencies, within product and cross business areas, such as industrialisation and quality.
Uses expertise and work with product owners and architects to set priorities and influences current and develop incremental multi generation plans aligning product, technology alignment and business vision.
• Work with 3rd parties/partners, etc., in support of development and support activities.
• Provides expertise to proactively address potential defect areas in complex systems and
ensures compatibility between sub-systems and dependent systems.
• Initiate and lead product/service or architectural innovations and identifies critical design
areas early in the development process.
• Use Lean methodologies for process improvements which guide the development,
sustaining & support activities.
• Ability for occasional travel (internationally) is required to visit with customers and vendors
and teams in GE Vernova sites


• Masters or Engineer degree in Software, Power Electronic, Electrotechnics.
• Proven experience in being an architect of embedded systems,
along with established leadership across the discipline and function.
• Experience in programming and deploying low-level software design, and real-time operating systems
• Demonstrated expertise in using Agile methodologies within embedded development.
Desirables:
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to encourage innovation, risk
taking and creative thinking in others through performance coaching / mentoring / recognition.
• Superior verbal, written and interpersonal skills including the ability to build solid
relationships conduct negotiations and make presentations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with electronics compliance for EMC CE, UL, IEC, IEEE is highly desirable.
  
  Exposure to Industrialization, Hardware, Firmware and Software architectures of PLC's,
protection & control relays and switches. About GE Grid Solutions: At GE Grid Solutions we are electrifying the world with advanced grid technologies. As leaders in the energy space our goal is to accelerate the transition for a more energy efficient grid to full fill the needs of tomorrow. With a focus on growth and sustainability GE Grid Solutions plays a pivotable role in integrating Renewables onto the grid to drive to carbon neutral. In Grid Solutions we help enable the transition for a greener more reliable Grid. GE Grid Solutions has the most advanced and comprehensive product and solutions portfolio within the energy sector. Why we come to work: At GE Renewable Energy, our engineers are always up for the challenge - and we're always driven to find the best solution. Our projects are unique and interesting, and you'll need to bring a solution-focused, positive approach to each one to do your best. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you'll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition. What we offer: A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities - including private health insurance.