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GE Vernova IP Analyst – Electrical Systems in Hyderabad, India
Job Description Summary
Join the New Ventures & Strategy Group to accelerate Grid Systems Integration (GSI) innovation. Help make GSI a best in class, IP driven organization. You will independently own IP intelligence, landscaping, FTO triage, and monetization scouting across electrical systems. Operating with a global lens, you’ll convert fast moving technical and market signals into patent strategy, licensing leads, standards opportunities, and clear recommendations for decision makers.
This role works in a matrix with senior team members (IP Lead Engineer, Lead IP Specialist, IP Counsel) and offers a defined growth path to support and progressively co lead high impact initiatives.
Job Description
What You’ll Do
1) AI‑led IP Strategy & Insights
Exploit AI/ML-enabled tools for patent intelligence and portfolio management.
Transform complex data into concise, actionable briefs for technical, legal, and business stakeholders.
2) Landscaping, Novelty & FTO
Conduct prior-art searches to assess patentability of new ideas as well as comprehensive IP landscape analyses to identify potential risks and opportunities within the existing patent ecosystem.
Deliver Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) assessments with risk heatmaps, claim charts, and design-around options.
Perform targeted searches of prior art and niche literature to aid in patent oppositions and invalidations.
Identify white spaces to guide systematic invention and targeted filings.
Collaborate with the team to convert electrical systems innovations (e.g., Power electronics, Power Systems, HVDC & FACTS systems including control and protection, converter technologies, valves) into patentable assets and trade secrets.
Assess patent portfolios for legal strength, market relevance, and technology impact; recommend filing, continuation, abandonment, or licensing actions.
3) Monetization & Cross‑Licensing
Benchmark competitors and identify collaboration/licensing opportunities.
Generate in-licensing and out-licensing leads; prepare target shortlists and value hypotheses (revenue, leverage, risk mitigation).
Work with Business Development and the Lead IP Specialist to advance qualified opportunities from concept to term sheet.
4) Standards, SEPs & Advocacy
Map portfolios to standards work items; pre‑screen for potential SEPs and assemble essentiality evidence packs with the IP Lead Engineer and counsel.
Prepare data‑backed talking points for trade associations and policy engagement.
5) Portfolio Analytics & Governance
Provide analytics for portfolio shaping (file/continue/abandon), pruning, and continuation strategies.
Support patent drafting, prosecution, opposition, invalidation, and infringement processes with internal stakeholders and external counsel worldwide; coordinate filing strategies across jurisdictions.
Track competitor IP; generate actionable insights for technology roadmaps and product strategies.
Contribute to IP valuation, licensing structures (field‑of‑use, territory, royalty), and partnership deals aligned to GSI programs.
Collaborate globally across time zones; facilitate workshops, invention disclosures, and IP training for engineering teams.
What You Bring
Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, Physics, or equivalent and preferably understanding of HVDC and FACTS products and technology.
Experience as IP Engineer or Analyst and a good understanding of patent law, how to read, understand, search for, and identify relevant patents.
Proficiency with patent/intel tools (IPO/WIPO, Derwent, Questel, Patsnap, Espacenet, Google Patents), and BI/analytics (e.g., Excel/Power BI; basics of SQL/Python are a plus).
Knowledge and structured learning around novel tools for IP (ie AI) would be a plus.
Demonstrated ability to craft clear, concise briefs for technical, legal, and commercial audiences.
Familiarity with FTO methods, IP landscaping, and competitive intelligence.
Demonstrated experience in IP strategy, patent analysis/landscaping, or technology commercialization in the energy/grid/automation domain.
Proven ability to interpret claims and complex technical disclosures; proficiency with IP databases and tools.
Preferred (India‑relevant) - Registered Indian Patent Agent is a plus (not mandatory).
Desired Characteristics
Systems thinker with strong analytical rigor and curiosity.
Organized, self‑directed, and comfortable prioritizing in a multi‑time‑zone environment.
Collaborative communicator who can support and progressively co‑lead workstreams with senior IP leaders.
High integrity regarding confidentiality, data protection, and compliance.
Knowledge of global IP systems/patent law fundamentals;
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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.