Avionics Networking Engineering Lead

GE Aerospace; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Grand Rapids, MI, seeks a Technical Manager to lead an avionics networking engineering team within the ION organization. You will drive strategy, growth, and delivery of networking products for civil and military platforms, while improving performance and processes.

This on-site role relays to the ION Section Manager and requires strong leadership and problem-solving skills. You will guide daily execution, performance reviews, and act as the technical escalation point, while

Qualifications

• Bachelors or equivalent in a technical discipline as listed.
• 8–10 years in systems engineering or technical leadership in avionics or safety-critical aerospace.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex avionics, networking, or integrated hardware/software systems.
• Experience with aerospace development and certification processes, including DO-178C.

Responsibilities

• Lead an avionics networking engineering team to deliver engineering excellence across bids, program execution, product development, integration, verification, certification, and customer support.
• Grow and sustain the team through workforce planning, onboarding, coaching, and technical mentoring to foster a high-performing culture.
• Drive DO-178C/DO-254 compliant programs with strong planning, traceability, verification, and cross-functional coordination in DAL A environments.
• Define strategies for requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation, certification support, and lifecycle planning for avionics networking products.
• Lead daily execution rhythms and act as the technical escalation point to speed decisions and issue resolution.
• Manage staffing, budgeting, and process discipline to meet functional, business, and company objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aviation, Aerospace, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

GE Aerospace in Grand Rapids, MI, seeks a Technical Manager to lead an avionics networking engineering team within the ION organization. You will drive strategy, growth, and delivery of networking products for civil and military platforms, while improving performance and processes.

This on-site role relays to the ION Section Manager and requires strong leadership and problem-solving skills. You will guide daily execution, performance reviews, and act as the technical escalation point, while