Power Conversion & Controls Design Leader

GE Aerospace; Bohemia (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a Design Engineering Leader for Power Conversion and Control Products in the United States. You will set the technical direction, lead multi-disciplinary teams, and drive execution across NPI and sustaining work to deliver safe, high-quality, cost-effective designs.

You will build organizational capability, manage trade-offs across performance, risk, cost, and schedule, and ensure qualification readiness with rigorous documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Controls, or a closely related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 6+ years of experience leading engineering teams that have taken complex power conversion and/or control products from development through qualification.
• People leadership track record, including leading managers and senior technical leaders, setting priorities, and delivering results through others.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for power conversion and control products, translating business and customer needs into clear engineering priorities and a practical roadmap.
• Lead across disciplines by developing functional managers and senior technical leaders, setting clear expectations, and reinforcing a culture of accountability and ownership.
• Drive day-to-day execution for both NPI and sustaining work by actively managing scope, schedule, resourcing, and cross-team dependencies to make delivery predictable.
• Ensuring requirements flowdown, allocation, and verification are aligned across systems, hardware, and software so the full product meets design intent.
• Ensure qualification readiness by aligning lab/test capacity, removing blockers, and maintaining compliant, high-integrity test evidence.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to deliver producible, cost-competitive designs that support rate readiness and protect customer outcomes.
• Own engineering release quality across drawings/models, BOMs, requirements, analyses, and test reports by preventing escapes through standards, reviews, and disciplined change control.
• Lead supplier technical engagement by making requirements unambiguous, ensuring reviews are effective, and driving fast containment and corrective action on supplier-driven issues.
• Operate with a cadence using daily/weekly/monthly rhythms, visual management, and clear escalation paths to surface problems early and protect SQDC.
• Coach problem-solving and continuous improvement by using standard approaches, corrective action discipline, and standard work to improve SQDC.
• Build organizational capability by attracting, developing, and retaining talent, and strengthening technical excellence through coaching, succession planning, and targeted skill building.
• Communicate clearly and early on status, risks, and decisions by bringing data, trade-offs, and recommended paths forward to enable timely leadership decisions.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Program leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Controls, or related field

Job description

GE Aerospace is seeking a Design Engineering Leader for Power Conversion and Control Products in the United States. You will set the technical direction, lead multi-disciplinary teams, and drive execution across NPI and sustaining work to deliver safe, high-quality, cost-effective designs.

You will build organizational capability, manage trade-offs across performance, risk, cost, and schedule, and ensure qualification readiness with rigorous documentation.