Additive Materials Lead Engineer

Company: GE Aerospace
Location: West Chester
Posted on: April 14, 2025

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Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations.

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 multiple additive modalities in several alloys including Titanium, Aluminum, Nickel, and Cobalt-based alloys.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this role may include, but would not be limited to:
Provide Material Applications Engineer (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 Colibrium to increase additive manufacturing capacity/productivity and maintain product quality through effective quality and SPS planning
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
Perform metallurgical evaluations of hardware and other material to support Manufacturing Readiness and Technology Readiness
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
Proactively identify lessons learned and best practices and appropriately document these items through technical reports and presentations
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
Communicate significant developments with leadership and consult on technical roadmap development

In this role, you will gain or build:
Systems thinking through the broader integration of design, materials science, manufacturing, and quality
Technical understanding of GE's most advanced manufacturing technology
Cross-division and cross-business collaboration skills

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science or related Engineering field from an accredited college or university
Minimum of 4 years of experience in materials engineering, application, or manufacturing process development.
Local travel between sites will be required
Able to work in-person and on-site (not virtual or remote) > 95% of the time
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
Candidate must have the ability to obtain and maintain US government security clearance

Desired Characteristics

Strong oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
Established project management skills.
Interpersonal and influence skills required to participate in a team and frequently lead sub-teams to solve multi-dimensional problems.
Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously, strategically prioritize work
A self-starter with an eye for problem solving and driving solutions
Proven facilitation and collaboration skills in multi-disciplinary teams
Experience with hands-on lab work, fractography, and metallographic evaluation
Experience with additive manufacturing, quality systems, powder metal/welding, and interfacing with a manufacturing and design.
Strong background in metallurgy (Nickel-based, Titanium, Aluminum, and Cobalt alloys)
Ability to embrace and promote a culture of respect

Whether we are manufacturing components for our engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, our GE Aerospace teams are dedicated and making a global impact. Join us and help move the aerospace industry forward.

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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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