Job Description Summary
The Lead Engineer is an individual contributor 'hardware owning' engineer reporting to an Engineering Manager within the Aerospace Engineering Division's Production Technologies team. As a hardware owner you will own all engineering functions related to the production of assigned Commercial and Aero-derivative components in the Combustors and Structures commodities.
In this role, you will be on the front lines of a new organization that is dedicated to improving the producibility, enhancing the Engineering-Supply chain relationship, and using SQDC to dramatically improve the health of the supply chain and product to enable the business to fulfil our customers' expectations.
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Examples of specific tasks you will be responsible for are: producibility design changes, on-going manufacturing support, and strategic improvements across Castings, Forgings, Machining, and Coatings for the assigned commodity.
Impacts departmental operations and responsible for planning/execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Some judgment may be required but this is typically with guidance.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
- In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
- Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
- A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills.
- Provides informal guidance to new team members.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- PhD/ MTech/ MS/ BTech in Mechanical/ Aerospace/ Structural Engineering or equivalent
- 4+ years of relevant experience on Stress Analyses of aircraft engine/ turbomachinery components
- Demonstrated experience on applying Geometry, Finite Element and optimization methods for design evaluation
- Demonstrated expertise on Commercial FE Packages such as ANSYS
- Strong oral and written communication skill
Desired Characteristics
- Previous experience in manufacturing, especially of Aerospace components.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems
- Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
- Effective project management skills
- Exposure to Aircraft engines or Gas turbine product knowledge
- Ability to build macros/ automation within work area
- Ability to start problem solving from first principles, hand calculation.
- Awareness of Lean/Six-sigma methodologies
- Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
- Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
- Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
- Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
- Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes