Lead Metallic Materials Engineer, Aerospace Applications

GE Aerospace; Loves Park (IL); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Paid time-off

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Aerospace’s Military Materials Systems (MMS) organization seeks a Lead Metallic Materials Application Engineer to define and qualify materials and processes for engine hardware, partnering with design, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain to meet program requirements and ensure safety of hardware. The role requires U.S.

citizenship for security clearance and offers onsite work with hybrid options for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering, Materials Science, or Metallurgy (or a high school diploma/GED with 7+ years of engineering experience)
• Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience
• US citizenship required to obtain/maintain security clearance

Responsibilities

• Interpret design requirements that affect materials and processes for assigned hardware and provide M&P guidance to design and manufacturing teams
• Define M&P for assigned hardware; review and approve hardware drawings and design changes
• Set qualification requirements and disposition initial part qualifications and subsequent process and source changes
• Disposition manufacturing nonconformances and support supplier process reviews with quality and supply chain
• Lead root cause investigations of M&P-related problems in manufacturing and the field, drive corrective actions and read across
• Identify M&P technology gaps and update M&P technology strategies
• Apply lessons learned from field experience, manufacturing changes, property evaluations, and development programs
• Communicate hardware M&P status and results to team members and leadership
• Author technical reports documenting key M&P decisions

Skills

Nickel/Cobalt superalloys

Titanium alloys

High-strength steels

Aerospace quality systems

Failure analysis

Metallography

SEM/EDS

Fractography

Fatigue behavior

Creep

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering/Materials Science/Metallurgy

Job description

GE Aerospace’s Military Materials Systems (MMS) organization seeks a Lead Metallic Materials Application Engineer to define and qualify materials and processes for engine hardware, partnering with design, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain to meet program requirements and ensure safety of hardware. The role requires U.S.

citizenship for security clearance and offers onsite work with hybrid options for the right candidate.