Senior Manufacturing Manager - Hardware Owner

GE Aerospace • Evendale, OH

19h • Onsite

About The Position

This role is based in Evendale, OH, within GE Aerospace’s manufacturing programs organization. The team focuses on hardware ownership across the product lifecycle, ensuring technical, cost, delivery, and quality performance for assigned hardware. You will work at the interface of Engineering, Supply Chain, and customer-facing organizations, helping to ensure manufacturing readiness, execution, and delivery that meet program and customer commitments. The Senior Manufacturing Manager – Hardware Owner serves as the primary connection and interface between Engineering, Supply Chain, and customer-facing teams for assigned hardware. You will provide leadership across technical, cost, delivery, and quality dimensions, support overall program planning, and translate those plans into clear requirements and milestones for hardware procurement and execution. This role has significant influence over commercial and operational priorities, requires strong commercial judgment, and involves participation in key forums such as Product Control Board (PCB), Tollgates, and Technical Reviews to drive product and manufacturing readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years of experience providing leadership for assigned hardware (quality, delivery, cost, and technical requirements)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience providing leadership for assigned hardware, including quality, delivery, cost, and technical requirements
• Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma/GED with at least 6 years of experience providing leadership for assigned hardware (quality, delivery, cost, and technical requirements)
• 5 years of manufacturing experience
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn.
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively.
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed.
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative.
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned hardware performance
• Provide end-to-end leadership for assigned hardware, including technical requirements, cost, delivery, and quality performance.
• Support definition of overall program plans and convert those plans into requirements, schedules, and milestones for hardware procurement and execution.
• Serve as the manufacturing representative for PCB, Tollgate, and Technical Reviews for assigned hardware.
• Ensure manufacturing perspectives, risks, and constraints are clearly articulated and addressed in design and program decisions.
• Develop specialized knowledge of the latest commercial and industry developments in your area and apply that knowledge to improve approaches, projects, and programs.
• Contribute to strategy and policy development and ensure effective execution within your area of responsibility.
• Leverage in-depth knowledge of best practices and how your area integrates with others, including awareness of competition and differentiating factors.
• Use sound judgment to make decisions and solve moderately complex tasks or problems within projects, product lines, and customer contexts.
• Take new perspectives on existing solutions and use technical experience and data analysis to develop and support recommendations.
• Utilize multiple internal and selected external sources to arrive at well-informed decisions.
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and, as needed, lead small projects with moderate risk and resource requirements.
• Explain complex or sensitive information in a clear, concise manner and work to build consensus across functions.
• Develop and apply persuasion skills to influence others on topics within your field and shape ways of working.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Access to a Health Coach and the Employee Assistance Program (24/7 confidential support)
• Retirement benefits through the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) with company matching and retirement contributions), plus access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
• Tuition assistance
• Adoption assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off for vacation or illness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees