Job Description SummaryLooking to impact aviation for years to come? At GE Aerospace, we are looking for your talent to help us invent the future of flight in the Advanced Technologies Organization. Your work on RISE Technologies, including our Open Fan architecture, will usher in a new era of propulsion technology for next-generation aircraft and pave the way for a more sustainable future.
With a legacy of more than 100 years of being a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft, there is a career for you with us. We are committed to a culture that welcomes diversity of thought to foster inclusion, drive creativity, and power innovation. When everyone can bring their best, whole selves to work, we are stronger.
We are looking for a skilled and experienced Composite Mechanical Design Engineer who can help pave the way for all future composite designs. The successful candidate will have support of leadership and will nurture less experienced composite design engineers. This role is vital to the development of our next generation of aircraft engines.
This position has the flexibility of optional hybrid schedule once fully trained. The hybrid schedule consists of working in the office minimum of 3 days per week and the option to work from home on the other days, based on team/project schedules.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Identify, develop, evaluate, and introduce engineering solutions to meet near term and long range engineering needs around composite airfoils and their mating metallic components.
- Provide technical consultation on product problems throughout the business including supplier and field support.
- Lead and provide the key technical direction to large projects with critical business impact.
- Maintain an active role in developing and defining the state of the art in own technical specialty to anticipate, apply, adapt or develop technologies for product introduction, quality, performance, cost improvements and problem resolution in meeting current and future business needs including adherence to schedules and estimated costs.
- Support other GE businesses, internal and external customers, and suppliers as required.
- Provide technical consultation to cross-functional teams throughout the business to improve or resolve manufacturing, product center, supplier, or field issues.
- Effectively communicate and provide recommendations through the analysis, preparation and presentation of technical data to internal and external GE customers using reports, records, and letters.
- Use knowledge and expertise to market winning proposals in anticipation of business product needs.
- Prepare invention disclosures and guide others to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage, as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company.
- Provide technical guidance, direction, and training to new and experienced engineers, specialists, technicians and co-ops/interns.
- Serve as a recognized leader in defining the state of the art in composite component design to anticipate, develop and apply technology to current and future business opportunities.
- Function as program manager when appropriate.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university.
- At least 5 additional years of experience in an engineering position.
Desired Characteristics
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
- Ability to document, plan, market and execute programs.
- Demonstrated leadership in defining the state of the art in at least one technical specialty, along with the ability to teach and set standard practices within this field.
- Significant Composite design experience.
- FMEA (ANSYS solver, Hypermesh software, and CAD Modeling via NX PLM Teamcenter software) experience.
- Programing skills (C++, MATLAB, Python, … or other equivalent software).
At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.
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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. 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, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
