Manufacturing Engineer

GE Vernova; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

GE Vernova’s Houston-based Manufacturing Engineer (Gate 1 – Disassembly) drives safe, efficient front-end disassembly of aero engine components, ensuring proper teardown and defect identification to enable downstream gates.

The role supports 160+ engines/year and 400+ modules/year, providing direct technical support to 180+ shop-floor personnel and focusing on eliminating delays and improving turnaround time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Aeronautical, or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years in manufacturing or MRO environment.
• Strong problem-solving and rapid issue closure.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced shop floor setting.
• Excellent cross-functional communication across organization levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical support to shop floor during disassembly operations.
• Maintain daily shop floor presence to assist technicians.
• Document defects during teardown to prevent downstream escapes.
• Resolve engineering issues rapidly to avoid delays in shop flow.
• Validate tooling and documentation to ensure process readiness.
• Lead Lean initiatives to reduce turnaround time and waste.
• Maintain and update work instructions aligned with OEM manuals.
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and tooling/vendors.
• Lead root cause analyses and corrective actions.
• Manage tooling and process-related projects and budgets.

Skills

Problem solving

Shop floor communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer (Gate 1 – Disassembly) is responsible for driving safe, efficient, and predictable execution at the front end of the engine overhaul process. This role ensures proper teardown, defect identification, and process readiness to enable downstream gates.

Job Description Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer (Gate 1 – Disassembly) is responsible for driving safe, efficient, and predictable execution at the front end of the engine overhaul process. This role ensures proper teardown, defect identification, and process readiness to enable downstream gates.
This position supports the repair of 160+ engines/year and 400+ modules/year, contributing to ~$1B in annual revenue. The Manufacturing Engineer provides direct technical support to 180+ shop floor personnel and is accountable for eliminating engineering-related delays, improving turnaround time (TAT), and ensuring high-quality output from disassembly.

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide direct technical support to shop floor personnel during disassembly operations, ensuring safe and efficient execution
• Maintain strong daily presence on the shop floor to support technicians and resolve issues in real time
• Ensure accurate and complete defect identification and documentation during teardown to prevent downstream escapes
• Drive high responsiveness and urgency in resolving engineering issues to ensure no impact to shop flow
• Ensure process readiness by validating tooling, documentation, preventing disruptions to flow
• Lead and execute Lean initiatives focused on reducing turnaround time (TAT), eliminating waste, and improving technician efficiency
• Own and maintain work instructions, ensuring alignment with OEM manuals and actual shop floor practices
• Drive first-time quality by ensuring defects are properly identified, documented, and communicated to downstream gates
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and tooling/vendors to support execution and continuous improvement
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for process-related issues
• Own and manage tooling and process-related projects, including budget tracking where applicable
• Share best practices and drive standardization across shifts and builds
• Promote and uphold EHS, Quality, Compliance, and Integrity standards across all activities

Basic Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Aeronautical, or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing or MRO environment
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to drive issues to closure
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, shop floor-driven environment
• Strong communication skills with ability to engage across all levels of the organization

Desired Characteristics

• Experience with gas turbine engines (aero-derivative preferred)
• Strong lean manufacturing background with demonstrated impact on cycle time reduction
• Six Sigma certification (preferred)
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and engineering tools (e.g., AutoCAD)
• Demonstrated ownership mindset and sense of urgency
• Ability to translate engineering requirements into practical shop floor execution

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 Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova 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 Vernova 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
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $76,300.00 and $114,400.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.
Bonus eligibility: ineligible.
This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on August 25, 2026.
Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.