Technology Manager - Computational Modeling & Simulation Security Clearance

Position: Technology Manager - Computational Modeling & Simulation with Security Clearance
Location: Niskayuna

Job Description Summary
Aerospace Research plays a vital role in supporting the aviation industry through a historic recovery while shaping the future of flight. We invent the future of flight, lift people up and bring them home safely.

Our commitment to lead the industry, to keep safe the flying public and the armed forces, and to lift up one another and our communities, remains our north star. Our purpose is what ties us to one another and gives meaning to our work. We seek a talented Computational Modeling & Simulation Technology Manager who is a passionate people leader and experienced researcher.

If you are someone who thrives on developing teams, coaching individuals, and delivering technical innovations in computational modeling, simulation, and design methods development for future aerospace products, this opportunity is for you.

Job Description As the Computational Modeling & Simulation Technology Manager, you are responsible for growing a team of world-class computational modeling and simulation researchers, creating and driving the technology strategy, ensuring operational excellence, and supporting our GE Aerospace business, government customers, and strategic partners. In this role, you partner with the Technology Director of Aero Thermal and Mechanical Systems to lead a team of technologists who are innovating advances in computational fluid dynamics, reduced order modeling, and design methods and tools development for propulsion technologies and related aerospace systems.

Your team is focused on exploiting the latest advances in computational methods, high performance computing architectures, artificial intelligence/machine learning advances, and use commercial and/or in-house tools to define, design and develop advanced computational capabilities to enable performance and durability improvements for today, tomorrow, and future products. This work is vital to our success in delivering on current and future applications for commercial and military aerospace systems.

The ideal candidate is an engineering professional who enjoys working with others and has a proven track record of leadership in a technical environment. If you are passionate about developing your team and driving technical innovation, we want to hear from you.

Essential Responsibilities:

As the Computational Modeling & Simulation Technology Manager, you are responsible for
* Leading a team of subject matter experts in computational fluid dynamics, computational modeling, design and optimization methods f ocused on aerodynamics, combustion, heat transfer, and multiphase flow at various experience levels.

* Driving EHS safety standard operating procedures and best practices, security compliance, and collaborate with leaders and technologists across GE Aerospace Research to continuously improve our culture of safety and compliance.

* Partnering to develop the vision, strategy, and roadmaps for computational modeling and simulation in the aerospace ecosystem leveraging internal and external computational capacity and capability.
* Driving integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, uncertainty quantification and related computational sciences into the modeling and simulation tools and methods to achieve technical differentiation and innovation for future aerospace applications.
* Building a culture of a bias towards action and implementing rigorous operational excellence to identify and mitigate risks, and support root cause/corrective action plans when necessary, while driving continuous improvement through standard work, key performance indicators, and process improvements.

* Developing and coaching team members on career paths, project management, Lean principles, and more.

* Championing an open and collaborative environment to foster cross-discipline teaming.

* Establishing and growing strategic relationships with GE Aerospace partners and the external academic and government community.

* Recruiting, hiring, and attracting diverse world-class technical talent.

* Actively participate and contribute to the GE Aerospace Research people leadership community helping build a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Required Qualifications:

* Master's degree in engineering, physics, or a related discipline, accompanied by a minimum of seven years of experience in code development and the application of computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, or a closely related simulation method to address aerospace-relevant challenges.
* Demonstrated track record of championing compliance and safety practices.

* Experience with computational modeling and simulation code and/or methods development of computational fluid dynamics or finite element analysis in a high-performance compute environment.
* Demonstrated technical project leadership capability with ability to build, lead, and energize cross-functional teams in high-impact technologies

* Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement and learning.

* Demonstrated ability to…