Principal Engineer – Aero Gas Turbine
About The Position
The Principal Engineer – Aero Gas Turbine provides technical leadership for aeroderivative gas turbine overhaul, repair, product support, and project execution activities. This role is responsible for driving high-quality technical outcomes across the engine lifecycle, including scope definition, pre-induction planning, teardown and inspection support, hardware disposition, re-assembly support, test troubleshooting, product configuration, and final technical documentation. This position may be based in Houston, Texas, supporting the Houston JPort Level 4 Service Shop, or in Cincinnati, Ohio, supporting global engineering projects such as test support, scope of work definition, and product configuration. In both cases, the Lead Engineer acts as a key technical focal point across cross-functional teams and helps ensure safe, compliant, efficient, and customer-focused execution. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who combines strong aero gas turbine knowledge with practical problem-solving ability, sound technical judgment, and the leadership skills needed to operate effectively in complex service and overhaul environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of engineering experience in gas turbines, aero engines, aeroderivative engines, rotating equipment, MRO, overhaul, repair, or product support engineering.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with LM2500, LM6000, LM9000, or related aeroderivative gas turbine products.
- Familiarity with related aero engine platforms such as CF6 and GE90.
- Knowledge of materials and repair engineering, including high-temperature alloys, coatings, weld repair, brazing, heat treatment basics, and NDT/NDE methods.
- Strong understanding of configuration control, traceability, and technical documentation discipline.
- Experience working with repair vendors, customers, and global cross-functional teams.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, repair specifications, manuals, service bulletins, and technical instructions.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis and structured technical issue resolution.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to lead through influence across functions.
- Ability to balance technical rigor, quality, and turnaround commitments.
- Passion for developing sustainable processes as they relate to shop floor ops.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for assigned aeroderivative gas turbine engines, modules, and components across overhaul, repair, and engineering project activities.
- Lead technical scope definition for shop visits, repairs, and project execution based on engine history, inspection findings, operational events, and customer requirements.
- Support pre-induction planning by reviewing technical records, identifying risks, and ensuring readiness of routers, instructions, tooling, fixtures, and inspection requirements.
- Provide hands-on engineering support during teardown and incoming inspection, helping evaluate hardware condition and resolve technical questions from operations and inspection teams.
- Disposition hardware for reuse, repair, replacement, or scrap in accordance with serviceability limits, drawings, specifications, and approved technical requirements.
- Defining technically required extra work resulting from teardown findings, damage assessment, and configuration needs.
- Support re-assembly activities by resolving technical issues related to fit-up, clearances, stack-ups, alignment, torque requirements, and configuration control.
- Provide technical support for engine and module testing, including review of acceptance data and troubleshooting of performance, vibration, temperature, pressure, or controls-related anomalies.
- Support product configuration management by ensuring approved changes, repairs, service bulletins, and building standards are properly incorporated and documented.
- Prepare and review technical reports, visual inspection summaries, final engine documentation, and other controlled engineering outputs.
- Partner with quality, sourcing, repair vendors, product engineering, test teams, and customer-facing teams to resolve issues and drive execution excellence.
- Lead or support root cause investigations and corrective actions for recurring defects, technical escapes, shop issues, or test anomalies.
- Contribute to continuous improvement through procedure updates, standard work enhancement, repair capability development, and process improvement initiatives.
- The role is primarily focused on supporting global engineering projects, with emphasis on test support, scope of work definition, product configuration, cross-site technical coordination, and broader project and product engineering support.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
- access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
- tuition assistance
- adoption assistance
- paid parental leave
- disability benefits
- life insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- permissive time off
- Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
