Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Production Quality

Job Description Summary

The person in this role will be responsible for NPI hardware Quality in the Combustor and Structures and Rotating Parts Lean Labs. They will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of quality in the manufacturing process. This role involves overseeing production activities, implementing quality control measures, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and operational efficiency. The engineer will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve quality issues, develop and maintain quality documentation, and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ownership includes both quality assurance and quality control. Includes quality assurance of products, services, manufacturing processes up to and including production level hardware. Includes conformance in manufacturing, incoming goods control, product inspection, witness points, etc. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute quality policy and strategy. Also includes quality system and compliance development, oversight, and execution. 
• Influences and contributes to a small to medium team of manufacturing specialists. Will lead cross functional teams or projects. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area. Provides informal guidance to new team members
• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of quality requirements and company/industry best practices that may inform work.  In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years manufacturing engineering experience)
• Minimum of 3 years manufacturing engineering experience

Desired Characteristics

• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. ​

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace 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). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.