Life at GE : Careers : GE
I was getting my M.S. in Electrical Engineering and doing an internship with Yokogawa Electric Company in Japan. I figured I would put to good use my minor in Japanese and gain some value technical and cultural experience in the workplace. Plus it provided an opportunity to feed my traveling and photography hobbies.
A major factor is GE's reputation for creating the industry's future leaders and their global business. Their emphasis on leadership training and development as well as their vast technology breath is very appealing to long engineers, as demonstrated by their dedicated leadership training facility in Crotonville, NY and Global Research Centers around the world. As an intern, I had the opportunity to witness firsthand how GE was investing in their employees and wanted to be a part of it.
I am currently a second year Edison in the Edison Engineering Development Program at GE's Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY. I have been working on Advanced Technology programs focused on Electric Vehicle Infrastructure for Smart Grid. Such as realizing infrastructure for remote network monitoring and control of Smart Grid assets and developing embedded electronics in those assets to enable local intelligence. This role provides me the opportunity to possibly influence the way we live our lives in the future.
The most rewarding experience is providing innovative technology to all of GE's businesses and working with people from a variety of different countries and technology backgrounds. We are constantly faced with different problems in an ever changing technology landscape. Our colleagues across the GE businesses are counting on us at the Research Center to develop breakthrough innovations and following through on that is extremely rewarding for me.
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