Software Development Leadership Program

Job Description Summary

The Software Development Leadership Program (SDLP) offers those with a passion to grow their leadership, business acumen and technical skills while building a career with unlimited potential. Program members lead by doing, gaining real-world experience by working on important, challenging projects alongside some of the brightest technical minds in the world.

Job Description

Program Overview

• This is a full-time, two-year leadership development program where members work alongside senior Engineering leaders, and program managers at GE Vernova.
• As a Software Development Leadership Program member, you will have four, six-month rotational assignments within GE Vernovas Engineering team covering diverse projects in areas such as Product Management, Software Development, Quality Assurance, Software Maintenance, Services Engineering, and more.
• Global classroom experience and virtual coursework focused on technical training, leadership and business acumen.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other relevant STEM majors with development experience plus 2 years of experience, or Masters degree with 1+ years of experience
• Minimum cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA or equivalent
• Must be open to geographic mobility if requested by the business.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills, in either leading a project or team successfully, inside or outside the classroom
• Must be flexible to specific rotation role and able to navigate an ever-changing work environment
• A strong commitment to a career in technology with a passion and aptitude for both software and information technology
• Up-to-date with current software industry standards, and trending software development methodologies
• Prior intern, co-op or research experience in engineering, software or relevant area
• Strong customer focus, ability to understand the value proposition for the customer and commitment to deliver the best value proposition
• Able to engage positively across multiple departments to establish clarity, vision and mutual trust to achieve business goals
• Demonstrated program/project management skills working on and leading teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate technical problems in clear and simple terms
• Contributes to creative solutions and challenges the status quo
• Proactively learns new tools and identifies opportunities for improvement and promotes their adoption