Manufacturing Readiness Lead — Next-Gen Production

GE Aerospace; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Evendale, OH, seeks a Lead Manufacturing Readiness Engineer to drive readiness plans for Next Gen Product and process technologies. You will translate strategies into action, partnering with design, operations, quality, and supply chain to ensure readiness and successful launches.

This role emphasizes building dashboards and visual management to monitor MRL maturity, risk, and SQDC metrics, while executing problem-solving and continuous improvement throughout the launch cadence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Materials, Chemical, Aerospace, or Industrial Engineering.
• 3+ years in manufacturing engineering, process development, NPI, industrialization, or production readiness.
• Experience with MRL, APQP, PFMEA, control plans, launch tollgates, or similar readiness frameworks.
• Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills; ability to translate data into priorities.

Responsibilities

• Execute manufacturing readiness plans for assigned programs, including action tracking and readiness assessments.
• Identify gaps in MRL and drive closure actions with visibility to risk and status.
• Translate product requirements into manufacturing development and readiness plans.
• Collaborate with design engineering to address producibility concerns early and mitigate risk.
• Support development and maturation of manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and implementation plans.
• Document actions and follow-up from reviews and tollgates; maintain dashboards and trackers.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Lean / Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

MRL

APQP

PFMEA

Control plans

Launch tollgates

Job description

GE Aerospace in Evendale, OH, seeks a Lead Manufacturing Readiness Engineer to drive readiness plans for Next Gen Product and process technologies. You will translate strategies into action, partnering with design, operations, quality, and supply chain to ensure readiness and successful launches.

This role emphasizes building dashboards and visual management to monitor MRL maturity, risk, and SQDC metrics, while executing problem-solving and continuous improvement throughout the launch cadence.