Lead Test Engineer

Job Description Summary
Are you ready to see your career take flight? At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen.

The Lead Test Engineer will own the processes of prepping, de-prepping, and testing Aircraft Engines in the Pittsburgh facility. The Lead Test Engineer will be engaged in leading problem-solving situations with cross functional teams while constantly identifying opportunities to improving current processes.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Learn complex test facility operations while gaining overall engine mechanics and systems level knowledge.
• Utilize leadership skills in project management type setting, overseeing day-to-day operations and identify opportunities to improve current processes for engine prep, de-prep, test, and teardown.
• Lead integration of NPI within the test operations.
• Ability to learn how to troubleshoot issues with engine operation, instrumentation, and test facilities.
• Able to extract and interpret engine test data.
• Ability to communicate with cross-functional teams to facilitate the identification of root cause and corrective action for any issues found during engine prep- de-prep, setup, test, and/or teardowns.
• Develops integrated, appropriately phased and scoped program and resource plan across multi-disciplined team to deliver validated products that meet technical, cost, and schedule requirements. Manages execution through technical communication, proactive reviews, problem resolution, and risk abatement.
• Understands applicable regulations, establishes means of compliance, plans, and executes analysis/test to support components, engine, and aircraft systems cert/qual requirements. Ensures certification and qualification documentation is approved in a timely manner.
• Creates, develops, matures, and leverages innovative technologies and processes that provide competitive advantages.
• Understands the key factors that cause failures; identifies reliability risks and designs mitigation plan; leverages lessons learned; anticipates and understands failure modes based on predicted environment, materials, and design.
• Establishes feasible test strategy based on technical requirements, program requirements, and customer needs to understand, advance, or validate a design or concept.
• Develops and manages overall technical plan to deliver test platform in alignment with cost and schedule requirements. Identifies and manages execution risk and opportunities.
• Understands electrical, electronic, software validation and fit checks to support any troubleshooting associated to their failures impacting Test operations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree (in Engineering preferred) from an accredited college or university and 3+ years of aircraft engine testing processes and troubleshooting experience (or a minimum high school diploma / GED with an additional 4+ years of aircraft engine testing processes and troubleshooting experience).

Desired Characteristics:

• Capable of working directly with Test Technicians, Engineers, Quality Leaders, and different levels of management.
• Demonstrated knowledge/experience with aircraft/engine test, maintenance hardware and procedures.
• Previous "hands on" experience regarding the installation and/or maintenance of an engine test cell.
• Lean Six Sigma training.
• Experience using MS Office Suite products; to include Word, Excel, Project, and Outlook
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn.
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively.
• Focused: customer driven, action planning, quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed.
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative.
• Problem solver: continuous improvement-analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
• Proven analytical and organizational ability.

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.

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GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace 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.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes