Senior CNC Milling Engineer — Process Leader

Y99000 General Electric Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company matching

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Disability & life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Indianapolis seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Machining Process Specialist to lead development and validation of CNC milling methods for structural components and mounting hardware. You will drive standardization, toolpath validation, and process monitoring across part families, mentoring junior engineers and partnering with operations and quality teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on process maturation from concept to production readiness, leveraging Siemens controllers,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree + at least 5 years manufacturing experience, or a high school diploma with 9 years engineering and 5 years CNC manufacturing.
• Strong CNC milling process development experience for structural hardware or similarly complex metallic parts.
• Experience with Siemens CNC controllers, Teamcenter, and NX CAM/SIM.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, prove-out, validation, and optimization of milling processes for structural components and mounting hardware.
• Establish robust, repeatable manufacturing methods that support Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost drive process standardization across part families.
• Lead technical maturation of manufacturing methods from concept through production readiness.
• Apply machining simulation to validate toolpaths, reduce process risk, improve collision avoidance, and support efficient process development.
• Define and standardize workholding approaches, including zero-point fixturing, to improve setup repeatability.
• Develop tooling control strategies including laser-based tool measurement / broken-tool detection and tool offset control.
• Improve process capability through structured approaches to tool life management, tool performance tracking, and process monitoring.
• Provide active technical leadership, mentoring, and development for other Manufacturing Engineers.
• Troubleshoot machining issues using structured root cause analysis and implement durable corrective actions.
• Partner with operations, quality, tooling, and other cross-functional teams to stabilize and improve manufacturing performance.
• Document process standards, validation results, lessons learned, and best practices to support reuse and knowledge transfer.

Skills

CNC milling expertise

Process development

Data-driven troubleshooting

Leadership / mentoring

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 5+ years manufacturing experience

High school diploma + 9 years engineering + 5 years CNC manufacturing

Tools

Siemens CNC controllers

Teamcenter

NX CAM/SIM

Job description

GE Aerospace in Indianapolis seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Machining Process Specialist to lead development and validation of CNC milling methods for structural components and mounting hardware. You will drive standardization, toolpath validation, and process monitoring across part families, mentoring junior engineers and partnering with operations and quality teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on process maturation from concept to production readiness, leveraging Siemens controllers,