Senior Casting Technology Manufacturing Engineer

Engineering associated with the manufacturing process. Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

• Provide process and product technical leadership for the Investment Structural Castings commodity.
• Act as a change agent to advance world-class performance and standard work across the supply base.
• Own supplier technical relationships; mentor suppliers on GE Aerospace processes, specifications, and methods; ensure compliance and capability.
• Proactively takes ownership of issues and opportunities to lead structured, cross-functional problem-solving efforts, to identify true root cause and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Improve manufacturability through design-for-casting, specification clarity, and process capability improvements.
• Clearly communicate progress, risks, challenges, and countermeasures to leadership and stakeholders.
• Review and approve significant/special processes, including dimensional and metallurgical results; ensure adherence to standards and qualification requirements.
• Collaborate with Quality and Design Engineering to ensure new and changed processes meet established metrics; align with other commodities on strategy and objectives
• Partner with suppliers and internal teams to interpret drawings/specifications, ensuring conformance and clarity.
• Identify and onboard new suppliers; lead technical qualifications and readiness through Manufacturing and Quality Planning reviews and support supplier Castings Audits.

Remote eligible with a preference for candidates in Washington, Oregon, or California due to supplier locations.

Ability to travel to Cincinnati, Ohio multiple times in the first 6 months for onboarding and training. Typical travel: 30%–50% to supplier sites and internal manufacturing locations.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a technical field Engineering including Materials/Metallurgy, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or similar (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years Casting Manufacturing experience)
• Minimum 5 years experience in Casting Manufacturing
• Ability to travel 30-50%

• Experience in Titanium and/or Nickel-based superalloy structural investment castings, with demonstrated yield, capability, and cost improvements
• Expertise across investment casting special processes (wax, shell, melt/solidification control, heat treat, Welding, HIP, NDT) and specification compliance.
• Strong problem solving and project management skills.
• Experience with New Product Introduction, including process capability assessments and metallurgical evaluations.
• Experience maturing technologies and processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management; ability to influence without authority.
• Humble learner:
  Respectful, receptive to feedback, agile, and continuously improving; seeks out diverse perspectives.
• Transparent communicator:
  Shares critical information proactively; speaks with candor; engages constructively to resolve issues.
• Focused and accountable:
  Fast learner with strong ownership; meets commitments and drives results against SQDC targets (Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost in that order).

Proficiency with Siemens NX or comparable CAD. Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) experience.

This role will require in-person…