Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Process Development – Assembly

Job Description Summary

We operate with a founder’s mindset. We deliver innovation with passion, speed, and courage. We continuously challenge our thinking and are empowered to dream big and take smart risks.

What impact you’ll make

As a member of the Process Industrialization team, and as the Technical Leader for Assembly Process Development, you will be an active contributor to create, maintain, and execute the standard in how to develop and industrialize manufacturing processes using a team-based approach. This role sits within the Process Industrialization team and will lead new manufacturing process development. The focus will be developing and driving a standard, strategic, agile, but detailed approach to process development.

Ensuring best practices are known, maintained, accessible, and scalable.

What you’ll do:

• Execute manufacturing process development, implementation and qualification across rotor assembly (including torquing, balancing tensioning, induction heating, rotor lathe, grind), and other applications as required.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of technical disciplines, analytical thinking, and technical experience to execute policy/strategy and roadmap initiatives.
• Execute hands‑on development of new products and processes enabling a successful hand-off to the production team.
• Manage development iterations to meet customer needs with a strong focus on safety, process quality, and internal customer needs.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers across teams.
• Strong ability to identify and eliminate waste while coaching others.
• Engineering, standardizing, and optimizing manufacturing processes.
• Incorporate lean manufacturing principles into process development.
• Utilize kaizen activities for continuous improvement and collaborate with wider team on breakthrough initiatives.

What you’ll bring (Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.

OR

• High School Diploma / GED with 10+ years of equivalent experience

AND

• Minimum of 8 additional years of experience in Production Process and Equipment (e.g., Gas Turbines, Aerospace, Steel Manufacturing, or Heavy Industrial).
• Ability and desire to work on site in a manufacturing environment.
• This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.

What will make you stand out:

• Demonstrated expertise in large-scale mechanical assembly, specifically rotor dynamics and high-precision torquing/tensioning.
• Advanced understanding of mechanical reasoning and system-level diagnostics.
• Demonstrated examples of developing and improving manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated examples of applying lean principles to process development
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills.
• Ability to drive innovation by implementing new ideas and screening new technologies to align with business objectives.
• Ability to effectively communicate to multiple levels of the organization, both verbally and through written communication.
• Experience in a high-paced, high-stakes manufacturing environment where quality and safety are non-negotiable.
• Ability to enact and drive change within an organization.
• Ability to productively manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Self-motivated and self-driven proven project leadership.
• Ability to accept new challenges, take ownership, and make decisions.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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