Materials Engineering Manager

GE Aerospace•Evendale, OH

About The Position

The Laboratory Operations Subsection Manager leads the people, facilities, and operating rhythm of the Edison Works Military Material Systems laboratories. The role translates program needs into reliable laboratory capacity and output, supporting development, industrialization, and manufacturing of ceramic, polymeric, and metallic materials for military products. The manager leads engineers, technicians, and senior professionals and is accountable for safe, quality, cost-effective, and on-time laboratory throughput. The position ensures material systems are developed and matured into test-ready specimens for characterization, processes are documented, and materials progress through technology and manufacturing readiness maturation. It also leads facility and equipment upgrades, establishes low-rate engineering, manufacturing, and development production activities, and helps build and scale the team as the mission grows. The role applies program and project management discipline across concurrent laboratory and maturation efforts, identifies risks to cost and schedule, and uses GE Aerospace FLIGHT DECK (lean) principles and daily management to improve laboratory flow and foster problem solving. The manager collaborates across GE Aerospace and with research organizations, product line leaders, senior leaders, and external agency customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
At least 5 years of experience in an engineering, manufacturing, or technical discipline.
Ability to maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is a prerequisite for a security clearance.
Ability to prove U.S. Person status for access to U.S. export-controlled information. The posting identifies eligible status as U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. citizen, or a person granted asylee or refugee status.

Nice To Haves

At least 8 years of experience in an engineering, manufacturing, or technical discipline.
Current U.S. Government Security Clearance.
People-leadership experience, including developing talent and leading teams of technical professionals.
Laboratory management experience covering operations, equipment, safety, quality systems, and throughput.
Experience managing facility and/or equipment upgrade or capital projects from scope through qualification.
Experience establishing or running low-rate or pilot EMD production and associated process control and monitoring.
Program and project management skills across concurrent priorities under tight deadlines.
Experience communicating and briefing senior leaders and external agency customers in technical reviews and forums.
Working knowledge of GE Aerospace FLIGHT DECK, lean, and related problem-solving tools.
Experience with composites, coatings, ceramic, polymeric, or metallic materials, and familiarity with TRL/MRL maturation.
Proficiency with data analytics tools, such as Spotfire, to support analytics-based decisions.
Ability to work independently and efficiently.
A humble, transparent, focused, and problem-solving approach, including candor, strategic prioritization, respect, eagerness to learn, and analytical rigor when challenging existing processes.
Knowledge of Edison Works products and organization.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop engineers, technicians, and senior professionals operating the section’s material and specimen laboratories, with accountability for safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery.
Ensure material systems are developed and matured into test-ready characterization specimens, processes are documented, and materials advance through TRL/MRL maturation.
Lead laboratory facility and equipment upgrade projects and build and scale the team as the mission grows.
Stand up and manage low-rate engineering, manufacturing, and development production activities, establishing repeatable processes, process control, and capacity to meet program commitments.
Apply program and project management discipline across concurrent laboratory and maturation efforts, proactively surfacing cost and schedule risks.
Deploy FLIGHT DECK (lean) principles and daily management to improve laboratory flow, reduce variation, and build a problem-solving culture.
Communicate business goals, programs, and processes for materials technologies and their applications.
Navigate organizational and technical challenges and develop and execute objectives for self and others.
Motivate the team to meet commitments within budget and schedule constraints, communicating challenges that put deliverables at risk.
Ensure technical data generated within assigned projects is documented consistently with engineering policies and procedures.
Collaborate with GE Aerospace production and digital resources to implement robust process control and monitoring methods.
Promote analytics-based solutions for project definition and execution.
Communicate program updates and learnings to the advanced military community in technical reviews and forums, and brief senior leaders and external agency customers.
Participate in research and development programs with GE Aerospace Research and external agency customers to advance materials technologies.
Work with product line leaders to integrate material system considerations into product designs and hardware.
Identify challenging technical and organizational leadership opportunities to support team members’ career growth.