Lead Additive Materials Engineer

GE Aerospace • West Chester, OH

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About The Position

As a part of GE Aerospace’s groundbreaking, collaborative Additive Integrated Product Team, you will use your materials expertise and program management skills to partner with manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and design engineers to develop new additive hardware and lead alloy and modality development programs in support of our commercial and military aviation products. These critical technologies include DMLM (Direct Metal Laser Melting) in several alloys including Titanium, Aluminum, Nickel, and Cobalt-based alloys.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science or related Engineering field from an accredited college or university plus a minimum of 3 years of experience in materials engineering, application, or manufacturing process development.
• Strong oral and written communication skill
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Established project management skills
• Interpersonal and influence skills are required to participate in a team and frequently lead sub-teams to solve multi-dimensional problems
• Ability to guide and influence others, especially those not in a direct reporting position
• Comfortable with hands-on lab work and metallographic evaluation
• Ability to obtain a Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience with additively manufactured hardware
• Experience in a shop-interfacing role
• Experience with powder metal and/or welding
• Strong background in metallurgy
• Ability to embrace and promote a culture of respect

Responsibilities

• Provide MAE support for additively manufactured hardware, partnering with design and manufacturing to ensure designs are producible and will meet product intent.
• Partner with design engineering, Supply Chain, and GE Additive to increase additive manufacturing capacity/productivity and maintain product quality through effective quality and SPS planning.
• Provide technical guidance and encourage communication between practicing additive MAEs and manufacturing regarding developments in additive manufacturing technology and capability development to influence outcomes.
• Collaborate within cross-functional teams and execute technical projects & programs required to reduce technical risk associated with new additive materials and machines, building and leveraging domain expertise in the additive field.
• Design and conduct studies to characterize the impact of variation within manufacturing process windows, and use results to recommend updates to specifications, technical plans, and standard work instructions.
• Proactively identify lessons learned and best practices and appropriately document these items
• Learn and apply structural problem-solving tools like TOPS8D, DMAIC, and RCCA in order to effectively support cross-functional teams in finding rapid solutions and generating lasting impact to processes
• Support efforts to ensure part quality with a reduced reliance on physical testing and an increased reliance on non-destructive methods including but not limited to in-process monitoring approaches
• Communicate significant developments with leadership and consult on technical roadmap development
• Local travel between sites

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level