IT & Software Engineering Intern

Job description

3366524
Additional Cities

Edinburgh
Career Level

Co-op/Intern
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Digital
Business Segment

Digital Grid
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United Kingdom
Postal Code

EH3 5DA
Role Summary/Purpose

Interns will play an important role in GE’s Edinburgh Grid Solutions Delivery, Design and Support teams for Wide Area Monitoring System (WAMS) Grid Technology. Located in central Edinburgh, our GE Software Solutions team develops, deploys and maintains a suite of world leading WAMS software products.
Essential Responsibilities

WAMS is an advanced technology that uses high-speed synchrophasor data streams from substations spanning a country’s electrical grid. The software you will work with presents the grid operators with real-time advanced analytical views of the grid stability and performance, as well as alerting them to potential issues.

Interns will be introduced to the Energy and Power domains and the software stacks used for WAMS. This includes working with the dominant emerging hyper-scale technologies like kubernetes and Apache kafka, as WAMS applications process huge amounts of data in real time (e.g. over 2 million points per second in a large-scale country-wide WAMS).

The role is based within a small team, which means you will be exposed to a diverse range of information technology, problem solving, and software coding activities. We believe in actively supporting your growth and development while throwing you challenges that will give you the crucial spark of experience to help your future career.

Essential Responsibilities
Interns will be able to use their problem solving, software coding and information technology skills to contribute to WAMS projects across the globe. Interns are encouraged to bring new ideas, develop new tools and implement automation methods, working closely with the team on solving real issues and improving the customer experience.

Interns have contact with stakeholders, customers and colleagues in their day-to-day job which helps them hone good interpersonal skills to become adaptable and proficient as they work with the teams.
All Interns from each department take part in a collective intern-team project over the course of their year of employment. This is a self-contained project aimed at improving key workplace skill sets. It builds teamwork, communication, and time management skills. You will be able to learn and practice these skills within the supportive GE work place, while working on a real-world project which will benefit the company with new tools/applications/methodologies delivered.

Previous interns said they gained

·  Leadership skills, presentation skills and an improved interpersonal skill set

·  Practical skills like software coding, that directly benefited the wider team

·  Experience managing discussions, listening and engaging in meetings

·  Building team working capabilities in a friendly and professional way

·  Time management through time budgeting

·  Confidence through stakeholder interactions

·  Transferable variety of coding skills and developing a DevOps mindset
Qualifications/Requirements

·  Following Degree paths accepted: Software Engineering, Computer Science, Informatics, IT or similar

·  Familiarity with Linux environments

·  Experience programming in python, java, shell/bash, or golang

·  Versed in Microsoft Office Suite of products

·  Good command of English language (knowledge of other languages appreciated)

·  Excellent analytical and mathematics skills

·  Ability to accurately follow work process instructions

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EU/EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post, as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. For further information please visit theUK Border Agency website .
Desired Characteristics

·  Sense of Initiative in taking and implement new ideas

·  An eagerness to learn

·  Good team spirit and a co-operative approach

·  Independent learning and critical thinking

·  Good Interpersonal and communication/presentation skills

About Us

GE Renewable Energy harnesses the earth’s most abundant resources – the strength of the wind, the heat of the sun and the force of water – to power the world’s biggest economies and the most remote communities.

With an innovative spirit and an entrepreneurial mindset, we engineer energy products and digital services that create industry-leading value for our customers around the world.

We see the promise of renewable energy everywhere we look. Our team has the courage, scale, passion, diversity and resourcefulness needed to deliver that promise wherever and however the world needs it
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Together with our customers, we’re proving that no one ever has to choose between affordable, reliable, or sustainable energy.

We are unleashing limitless energy.

Follow us atwww.ge.com/renewableenergy or on twitter @GErenewables.

GE 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, and according with all local laws protecting different status.

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Primary Country

United Kingdom
Primary State/Province

Scotland
Primary City

Edinburgh