Lead Engineer – Preliminary Design Product Cost

Job Description Summary

The Lead Engineer – Preliminary Design Product Cost leads manufacturing cost estimation and adjacent efforts for GE Aerospace’s next generation of engines. As part of the Commercial Preliminary Design organization the focus is on future GE Aerospace aircraft engines incorporating new technologies. The Lead Engineer will generate models using data from production engines, collaborate with technologists working on new technologies, and rely on their own engineering judgement.

Many of the components will incorporate new technologies and will require innovative thinking to estimate their manufacturing and other costs. They will then collaborate with multiple teams inside GE Aerospace to influence the engine design and the business case. This unique position requires skill and understanding in both engineering and business, along with the ability to work largely independently and lead small teams.

In the role of Lead Engineer – Preliminary Design Product Cost, you will build and exercise cost models of entire engines during the preliminary design phase, influencing the GE Aerospace Product Vision architecture and responses to customer requests for information. You will work with manufacturing, systems, and technologists to understand manufacturing steps & methods, then use these to estimate the production cost for numerous engine components.

Furthermore, you will partner with the same to perform technology and manufacturing method trades in order to recommend changes to reduce costs while maintaining customer value.

It is the responsibility of this engineer to manage complex issues requiring engineering knowledge and business acumen. A successful candidate will be able to balance competing engineering and financial requirements and propose innovative solutions.

• Collaborate with teams of engineers and technologists to understand new state-of-the-art technologies and determine their production cost drivers.
• Extract data from GE Aerospace’s current engines and modify it as required to represent future engines.
• Lead cross‑functional teams including mechanical designers, performance engineers, and business case analysts to explore options that balance financial and engineering goals.
• Collaborate globally across GE Aerospace’s multiple sites worldwide.
• Lead cost reviews & audits as required for customer commitments and design space studies.
• Lead the development and integration of parametric cost tools to enable design‑space exploration and optimization studies.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage, as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company.
• Execute with limited guidance the analysis/evaluation of assigned projects that meet business standards, practices and procedures and the product/program requirements.
• Recommend approaches to PD Leadership independently that meet the technical and program requirements.
• Formulate and implement plans to achieve technical requirements, schedules and contract commitments.
• Provide technical guidance to other personnel and global/cross‑functional teams; mentor others in the organization.
• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Monitor and communicate project status, business issues and significant developments.
• Lead or participate in organizational efforts in assigned projects and/or tasks.
• Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or a related field) from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in an engineering position.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GE Aerospace will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 4 years of experience in a mechanical engineering, supply chain, sourcing, or manufacturing operations position.
• 4 years of experience with aerospace products.
• Understanding…