Senior Casting Technology Manufacturing Engineer

GE Aerospace

5d•$116,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Casting Technology Manufacturing Engineer provides technical leadership for structural investment castings across the value stream. You will partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams to drive root cause problem solving, improve producibility, increase productivity, and deliver on business objectives. You will own supplier technical relationships, coach on internal processes/specs/methods, qualify new suppliers, and help develop and industrialize alternate casting technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a technical field Engineering including Materials/Metallurgy, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or similar (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years Casting Manufacturing experience)
Minimum 5 years experience in Casting Manufacturing
Ability to travel 30-50%

Nice To Haves

Experience in Titanium and/or Nickel-based superalloy structural investment castings, with demonstrated yield, capability, and cost improvements
Expertise across investment casting special processes (wax, shell, melt/solidification control, heat treat, Welding, HIP, NDT) and specification compliance.
Strong problem solving and project management skills.
Experience with New Product Introduction, including process capability assessments and metallurgical evaluations.
Experience maturing technologies and processes.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management; ability to influence without authority
Humble learner: Respectful, receptive to feedback, agile, and continuously improving; seeks out diverse perspectives.
Transparent communicator: Shares critical information proactively; speaks with candor; engages constructively to resolve issues.
Focused and accountable: Fast learner with strong ownership; meets commitments and drives results against SQDC targets (Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost in that order).
Additively enabled casting processes
Proficiency with Siemens NX or comparable CAD.
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) experience.

Responsibilities

Provide process and product technical leadership for the Investment Structural Castings commodity.
Act as a change agent to advance world-class performance and standard work across the supply base.
Own supplier technical relationships; mentor suppliers on GE Aerospace processes, specifications, and methods; ensure compliance and capability.
Proactively takes ownership of issues and opportunities to lead structured, cross-functional problem-solving efforts, to identify true root cause and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
Improve manufacturability through design-for-casting, specification clarity, and process capability improvements.
Clearly communicate progress, risks, challenges, and countermeasures to leadership and stakeholders.
Review and approve significant/special processes, including dimensional and metallurgical results; ensure adherence to standards and qualification requirements.
Collaborate with Quality and Design Engineering to ensure new and changed processes meet established metrics; align with other commodities on strategy and objectives
Partner with suppliers and internal teams to interpret drawings/specifications, ensuring conformance and clarity.
Identify and onboard new suppliers; lead technical qualifications and readiness through Manufacturing and Quality Planning reviews and support supplier Castings Audits.