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Job Description Summary

GE Aerospace is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical design of new products to help us invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely within our Platform Hardware organization.

In this role, you will be challenged to use your technical skillset, problem-solving abilities, and lean mindset to meet key business objectives for our commercial and military customers across a variety of our product lines.

This opportunity is bonus eligible and will be flexible to either a work location of Grand Rapids, MI or Clearwater, FL. Note, GE offers competitive salaries and a full breadth of benefits including 401K company contribution with additional matching plans, flexible hybrid work arrangements, generous permissive time off policy, tuition reimbursement for future degrees, company paid life insurance, and a variety of competitive health insurance choices to meet your needs.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Perform mechanical design, interconnect evaluations, mechanical component selection, and tolerance stack-up analysis activities for avionics products.

• Create mechanical models, drawings, and bills of material.

• Perform thermal, stress, and vibration analyses and tests to ensure product compliance to environmental and operational requirements, and provide conclusive technical reports.

• Perform design and work-product reviews.

• Participate in Design for Manufacturing (DFM), maintainability, and testability concepts.

• Take part in design architectural trade studies and proposals.

• Collaborate with customers to understand their needs.

• Provide mentorship to junior engineers.

• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams.

• Create design concepts and budget estimates for bid and proposal activities.

• Provide timely technical support to the production factory for root cause investigations, and improvement to product and processes/tooling.

• Identify and implement creative improvements to department processes and tools.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university.

• Minimum of 10 years' of professional experience in mechanical engineering.

Desired Characteristics:

• Attention to detail.

• Experience leading mechanical designs and managing work from others (no direct reports).

• Experience in packaging design for electronics assemblies.

• Working knowledge and application experience in Dimensioning and Tolerancing per ASME Y14.5.

• Proficiency in model and drawing creation using Siemens NX.

• Experience using Product Lifecycle Management systems (PTC Windchill).

• Proficiency in vibration and thermal analysis using FEA tools.

• Familiarity with aerospace standards, materials, and processes.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated structured problem solving skills.

• Accountability and ownership.

• Continuous improvement mindset.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance that begins on the first day of employment

• Permissive time off policy for newly hired employees

• Generous 401(k) plan

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• Bonus Plan Eligible

• And more!

Eligibility Requirement (s):

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this.

• 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.

• Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

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Note:

At GE Aerospace, we invent the future of flight, lift people up and bring them home safely. As key players in the aerospace industry, you’ll find yourself in a dynamic environment where our ongoing, substantial investment in research and development keeps us looking ahead. We’ve got an amazing team of exceptional people helping to solve increasingly complex challenges. Our Aviation Systems Engineering teams are comprised of diverse and experienced engineers who care about ensuring full-lifecycle readiness as it relates to safety, certification, and quality standards. Our teams are passionate about the aerospace industry and continuously strive to deliver innovate customer solutions through strong project execution, collaboration, and lean problem-solving. We are passionate about professional growth, developing an inclusive culture, and developing the technical capabilities our customers need. We seek to enable every engineer to reach their full potential through coaching, mentoring and professional development training. If this sounds like an environment in which you would thrive, we encourage you to apply!

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.

Additional Information

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://assets.phenompeople.com/CareerConnectResources/GE11GLOBAL/en_global/desktop/assets/images/poster_screen_reader_optimized_w_supplement.pdf) . 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 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