Senior Engineer- Cost and Value Engineering

Job Description SummaryWorking at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight!
The Cost Technologies team is looking for an experienced Cost and Value Engineer to add to our VCPLab Team (Variable Cost Productivity). The Senior Engineer demonstrates accountability for functional and business objectives addressing product cost-out and producibility opportunities in all phases of the product's life cycle. As an Engineering Commodity Integration Leader this role will require strong partnerships across Engineering, Manufacturing shops, Sourcing suppliers and Product lines to identify, develop, and integrate new cost strategies, design changes, and supply chain process improvements to meet business cost and productivity objectives. Partner to evaluate feasibility and mature ideas into projects to realize cost benefits.
Whether we are manufacturing components for our engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, our GE Aerospace teams are dedicated and making a global impact. Join us and help move the aerospace industry forward.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Knowledge and experience partnering with suppliers to make cost improvements.
• Conceptual or theoretical activities related to the principles of engineering, physics, and materials science for the design, analysis, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. Includes the analysis of static (structural) and dynamic (Rotordynamics, vibrations) behavior of mechanical systems
• Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
• Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Leads projects both independently as well as through partnership to deliver cost reduction. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cost or value engineering, or in an engineering role working closely with suppliers.
• 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.

Desired Characteristics

• Master's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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