Advanced Lead Engineer - Mechanical Component

Job Description Summary

The role suits a collaborative problem solver who wants to deepen their mechanical design expertise and develop new approaches to difficult technical problems. Working effectively with peers in adjacent organizations, including Design Engineering and Strategic Sourcing, is central to delivering both short-term and long-term business goals.

The D-IME Strategic Readiness Team helps keep GE Aerospace engines flowing to our customers. The team qualifies alternate manufacturing methods and sources, modernizes product definition, and prepares hardware and suppliers for production ramp-ups across multiple engine programs.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Execute the design, analysis, or evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements. This work includes mechanical engineering for various hardware germane to turbomachinery, with a focus on alternate methods of manufacturing feasibility assessments, drawing modernization to model-based definition (MBD), and producibility improvements for cold-start and low-volume parts.
• Use judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Take a new perspective on existing solutions. Navigate GE Aerospace processes, Design Practices (DPs), CID / CCB, and tollgate or PCB reviews to keep work moving.
• Lead without direct authority. Guide, mentor, and motivate a small cross-functional project team to achieve set goals and objectives through influence, technical credibility, and clear direction. Own the technical direction, scope, schedule, and risk of assigned projects from feasibility through qualification, and foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment across engine platforms.
• Support the team’s daily management (DM) by keeping project status, metrics, and cause codes current and by bringing problems to the surface early. Stay current on FLIGHT DECK and DM best practices, and help coach teammates and partners as they apply them. Coordinate with critical suppliers and internal partners to review progress, address challenges, and align on priorities, including OTD.
• Use technical experience and commodity depth for data analysis to support recommendations on short- and long-term producibility and manufacturability improvements. This includes requirements definition, supplier capability reviews, prototype evaluation, and the substantiation approach. Use multiple internal and limited external sources outside your own function to arrive at decisions.
• Partner across business functions, including Design Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Systems, MAE, and Product Definition Engineering, to align on priorities and remove blockers. Build strong relationships with hardware owners, commodity leaders, and suppliers. Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share lessons learned with the broader team.
• Lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements, using FLIGHT DECK (GE Aerospace’s proprietary lean operating model). Serve as the primary point of contact between the project team and senior leadership. Prepare and present regular updates, reports, and performance metrics, with clear and transparent communication of project status, risks, and opportunities. Explain difficult or sensitive information, work to build consensus, and develop the persuasion skills needed to influence others on topics within the field.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Established project management skills

The base pay range for this position is $128,800 - 171,350. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on November 23rd, 2026.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

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). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes