Senior Forge & Metallurgy Technical Leader

HC1316 GE Precision Healthcare LLC; Warrensville Heights (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare seeks a senior technical leader to direct forging process development and metallurgical evaluation at its powder metallurgy site. The role drives material property optimization, product performance, and manufacturing capability improvements in close collaboration with manufacturing, quality, materials engineering and product development teams.

The position requires deep expertise in forging, heat treatment, and materials characterization, plus proven ability to lead

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in forging, metallurgical process development, materials engineering, or advanced manufacturing.
• Demonstrated expertise in forging process development, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of powder metallurgy, heat treatment, microstructure-property relationships, and materials characterization.
• Experience conducting and interpreting metallurgical and mechanical testing.
• Proven ability to solve complex manufacturing and materials-related challenges.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical projects from concept through implementation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the site's technical authority for forging process development, optimization, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and refine forging and heat treatment processes to achieve required mechanical, structural, and metallurgical properties.
• Lead process characterization activities, including DOE, process window development, capability studies, and validation efforts.
• Establish technical strategies to improve process capability, material performance, product quality, manufacturing efficiency, and yield.
• Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and implementation of new manufacturing technologies.

Skills

Forging process development

Metallurgical engineering

Materials characterization

Failure analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Design of Experiments (DOE)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related

Master's degree or PhD in Materials Science or Metallurgical Engineering

Tools

SEM

EDS

EBSD

XRD

Job description

GE HealthCare seeks a senior technical leader to direct forging process development and metallurgical evaluation at its powder metallurgy site. The role drives material property optimization, product performance, and manufacturing capability improvements in close collaboration with manufacturing, quality, materials engineering and product development teams.

The position requires deep expertise in forging, heat treatment, and materials characterization, plus proven ability to lead