GE Vernova

R&D Quality Leader

GE Vernova  •  Markham, CA (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

The R&D Quality Manager will lead end‑to‑end quality assurance for the R&D organization, product design quality and NPI process improvements, driving the adoption of contemporary tools and methodologies for GE Vernova’s software-enabled industrial and energy technologies. This role requires strong leadership in New Product Introduction (NPI) process with focus on validation and verification and expertise in hardware and software development for critical infrastructure solutions. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in ensuring high product reliability, driving continuous improvement through data‑driven root cause analysis and customer issue resolution, and problem solving.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the overall QA strategy for NPI program deliverables within GE Vernova’s Grid Automation & Software R&D technology portfolio.
  • Implement and track KPIs for end-to-end NPI process.
  • Drive NPI process quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with R&D leaders and team.
  • Lead ACT backlog, defect backlog and resolution time reduction.
  • Drive DFMEA/SFMEA adoption.
  • Review V&V strategy and plans with R&D execution team and propose improvements.
  • Lead NPI Process audits and drive improvement initiatives to fix non-conformances.
  • Lead customer issue investigations using 5 Whys, Ishikawa diagrams, Fault Tree Analysis, and Kepner‑Tregoe to drive speed and quality of issue resolution.
  • Partner with engineering, product, cyber security, and field services teams to drive corrective and preventive actions.
  • Track and report test/quality metrics and deliver test exit summaries.
  • Drive continuous improvement across QA processes, tooling, and automation maturity.

Required Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience supporting hardware and software based NPI organizations.
  • Demonstrated experience leading and supporting test automation strategy and implementation
  • 7+ years QA/Test Engineering experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role.
  • Strong grounding in SDLC, Agile/Scrum, CI/CD, DevOps.
  • Strong experience with V&V across all phases of testing.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in industrial, grid, energy, or OT/IT environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerized systems.
  • Experience with tooling such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Git, GHCP, Jenkins, Appium, Selenium, Playwright.
  • Experience in safety‑critical or regulated product environments.

  • Note:


    To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

GE Vernova

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, Wind, and Electrification -- 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.

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Year Founded
Unknown
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