Lead Coating Materials Engineer

General Electric; Evendale (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative aerospace leader where your engineering expertise will help shape the future of aerospace materials. As a Lead Coating Materials Engineer, you will lead cutting-edge projects in coating systems, working alongside a diverse and skilled team. This role offers the chance to influence the development of next-generation technologies while ensuring the durability and performance of materials. With a focus on collaboration and creativity, you'll have the opportunity to bring your ideas to life in a supportive environment. If you're ready to take your career to new heights, this is the place for you!

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Professional Development Opportunities

Competitive Compensation

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering experience required.
• Strong background in materials and coatings essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of aerospace coating material systems.
• Create and manage project timelines and test plans.

Skills

Engineering

Materials Science

Metallurgy

Project Management

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

PhD in Materials Engineering

Tools

Quality Tools

Job description

**Job Description Summary**

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. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight!

The Lead Coating Materials Engineer will work in a highly skilled, cross-functional team engaged in the advancement of aerospace coating material systems. The candidate will lead TRL programs for next generation TBCs, corrosion and wear coating systems. Additionally, they will work with and in our coating material test labs to assess impact, wear, and durability capability of coatings and surface material interactions. In this role, the candidate will guide a multi-disciplinary team to achieve a set of development objectives.

**Job Description**

**Roles and Responsibilities**

+ Remain current in the state of the art within own technical specialty for new products introduction activity, performance improvements, cost reductions and problem resolutions

+ Create and manage project timelines

+ Create and execute test plans

+ Understand and apply technical requirements from specifications and engineering drawings that impact materials and processes and provide guidance to multidisciplinary teams

+ Evaluate, compare and obtain property data to guide material selection

+ Perform metallurgical and compositional evaluations

+ Make recommendations after analysis of the data using quality tools

+ Document and communicate development results through technical reports and presentations

+ Identify Materials and Process technology gaps and propose solutions for component durability or future designs

+ Protect the Intellectual Property rights of the Company

+ Conceptual, or theoretical activities relating to the development, improvement, and usage of materials, coatings, and processes undertaken to build, apply, or shape the materials.

+ Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.

+ In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.

+ Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.

+ A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent. Provides informal guidance to new team members

**Required Qualifications**

+ Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science

+ A minimum of 3 years of engineering experience

+ 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.

**Desired Characteristics**

+ B.S, M.S. or PhD degree in Materials Engineering, Materials Science or Metallurgy from an accredited college or university

+ Experience in wear tests and surface evaluation

+ Experience leading coating development projects

+ Experience with TRL maturation plan development and execution

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. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight!

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_This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the 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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) . 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

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.