Job Description Summary

A proficient Materials Engineer on the ceramic additive materials and process team will apply engineering and scientific principles to innovate, mature, and demonstrate next generation turbine airfoils using ceramic additive technology. A qualified candidate will address fundamental material and process problems with lab scale hypothesis tests followed by validation in pilot lines.

This role is based in the Aviation Engineering Division with coordination through an interdisciplinary team. The mission is to solve fundamental materials systems and process problems with lab scale hypothesis tests followed by validation in pilot lines while delivering development components.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be on the leading edge of a new turbine airfoils design, materials, and additive process. The role will use data driven, fundamental lean principles to improve material processes.   
• An agile candidate willing to learn and support in multiple aspects of additive ceramic applications, from raw materials and blending through additive manufacture and firing.
• Work to deliver on GE core values of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost; in that order.  Openness to iterate and collaborate systematically in an interdisciplinary team to achieve results.
• Be accountable for the quality of own work. Develop solutions and inventions to technical risks leveraging technical knowledge while building functional skills in this paradigm.
• Grow in technical knowledge and contribute to novel additive, ceramic core, and casting processes.
• Establish controls and parameters that enable materials processes to meet the product fit, form, and function using Flight Deck, a GE proprietary operating system.
• Support producibility evaluations including reviews and best practices. Assist in defining process requirements for all steps using historical data.
• Execute technical plans and or design of experiments to expand material and process capabilities. Document results to enable knowledge sharing in applicable systems
• Partner with Supply Chain counterparts to fulfill short-term and long-term business objectives.
• Contribute to culture of safety, structured problem-solving, LEAN, and data driven tactical decision making.
• Communicate to the broader team including leadership on significant developments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Science from an accredited university or college with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in materials engineering/process, design, and/or industry

Desired Characteristics

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or Science from an accredited university or college
• Lean training (6S Green belt, etc.)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and indirect team leadership skills
• Ability to develop processes and procedures from concept to production release
• Comfortable with hands-on lab and pilot line environments
   

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)).

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