Job Description Summary
Materials application advanced lead engineer provides leadership and accountability of functional and business objectives that require integration across different organizations. Additionally, resolves and serves as a consulting resource for materials complex issues by interacting and influencing different organization leadership levels, either technically or administrative. Structures and organized resources to execute on business goals/objectives, communicating assertively to leadership.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor others in the analysis, design, test and/or integration related to assigned components, assemblies or process systems that meet business standards, practices, and procedures, and meet the product/program requirements.
• Work within the guidelines of applicable GE Policies and Procedures, Engineering Standards, Design Customer Operating Procedures, Specifications, Government and Commercial Standards, and special security requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to other personnel and assigned teams, mentor others in the organization.
• Assure that proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks is consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Monitor and communicate project status, business issues, and significant developments. Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews.
• Lead the solution of complex technical problems.
• Utilize Lean tools to improve current business products and processes. Document successful Lean projects
• Lead multiple projects, monitoring progress and quality and ensuring schedule requirements are met.
• Check own and other people's work.
• Recognized technical expert in Materials Science Engineering.
• Lead the implementation of innovative analysis, designs, development concepts, processes, and system solutions.
• Define technical schedule cost and/or program requirements.
• Conduct assessments and develop action plans to anticipate and respond to problems.
• Effectively communicate and provide recommendations to internal and external GE customers through the analysis, preparation, and presentation of technical data.
• Provide the engineering technical support to cross functional teams to improve or resolve design, performance, manufacturing, supplier, or field issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor associated to Materials Engineering or Metallurgy.
• Recognized technical expert and leader in materials engineering.
• Demonstrated proficiency in materials and processes issues resolution with a systemic view (technical, hardware, system, business, functions, and people).
• Demonstrated leading skills at a global level (global initiative lead or associated global responsibility).
• Demonstrated competency on topics associated to different Superalloys, manufacturing and joining processes.
• Experience in different processes for manufacturing of parts (welds, coatings, joining methods, additive, forgings, and castings.
• Proven experience on establishing and developing testing plans for determining materials capabilities.
• Strong communication skills, including fluency in English to interface with our US and global teams.
• Demonstrated experience in program management and structured problem solving for complex materials applications.

Desired Characteristics

• 5+ years of experience working on polymer matrix composite materials in research and/or industrial applications
• Experience specifically with the following material systems is nice but not specifically required:
  • Injection molded polymeric composites
  • Resin infusion (RTM / VARTM) materials
  • Prepreg composites
  • Thermoplastic materials
  • Epoxy, BMI, and/or Polyimide resin composite materials
  • Elastomeric materials
• Master's Degree in materials science, polymer science, or similar degree.
• Experience with materials modeling, such as process modeling or mechanical modeling of laminate materials.
• Knowledgeable in use of laboratory equipment, specifically microscopy and microstructural analysis.
• Knowledgeable of failure analysis in common failure mechanisms in turbomachinery components resulting from manufacturing, testing or field operation being able to interpretate metallurgical investigation reports towards root cause determination.
• Knowledgeable of Repair and Advanced Repair Technologies such as inspection, joining, specialized welding, cleaning coating, advanced materials, and metal addition.
• Clear, strategic, and critical thinker; proven experience in translating strategies into actionable plans.
• Proven ability to prioritize, plan and execute important business initiatives.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No