Job Description Summary The Controls Quality team is seeking an experienced Controls Quality Engineer - Operability to improve the testing and operational effectiveness, reliability, and quality of wind turbine controls algorithms. This role focuses on validating controls features that mitigate load conditions, detect turbine anomalies through operational feedback, and optimize turbine performance through advanced controls strategies. The successful candidate will partner closely with Controls Development teams to ensure operational behavior observed in the field is continuously incorporated into validation strategies, defect prevention activities, and future product development. This position plays a critical role in improving fleet operability, customer experience, and overall turbine performance. Job Description Essential Responsibilities: Lead and support RCA and PAC investigations involving turbine operability and controls behavior. Analyze fleet operational data to identify emerging risks, performance opportunities, and defect trends. Evaluate control algorithms related to load mitigation, anomaly detection, and performance optimization. Drive improvements to validation strategies that verify operational behavior under representative field conditions. Identify defect escape pathways and implement preventive quality improvements. Support development of testing methodologies that improve detection of operability-related defects. Partner with Controls Development teams to strengthen requirements and validation coverage. Collaborate with Fleet Performance Management to understand field performance trends and customer impacts. Evaluate availability, downtime, forced outages, nuisance trips, alarm frequency, restart performance, and customer escalations to identify quality improvement opportunities. Translate field learnings into engineering recommendations and validation improvements. Support release readiness reviews through independent quality assessment of operability risks. Apply Lean methodologies and data-driven decision making to improve product quality and operational performance. Leverage AI-enabled analytics to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science Minimum 5 years of controls engineering experience Eligibility Requirements: Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% The required work location is Greenville, SC, Schenectady, NY, or Barcelona. Relocation assistance provided if needed Desired Characteristics: 8+ years of engineering experience. Experience with wind turbine controls and turbine operability. Experience with load mitigation strategies, anomaly detection algorithms, or performance optimization controls. Proficiency with fleet performance analysis and trend identification. Experience developing validation plans and test strategies. Knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink or similar modeling tools. Experience supporting RCA, PAC, and structured problem-solving activities. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Experience presenting technical recommendations to leadership teams. GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. 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. 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 $98,400.00 and $164,000.00. 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 23, 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. Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name 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. www.gevernova.com

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