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Washington
City: Grand Rapids / Clearwater / Mukilteo
Function: Engineering/Technology
Role Summary/Purpose: The Lead Systems Engineer demonstrates leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes for an area or business segment. In this role you will utilize your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and have the ability to effect short-term and some long-term business goals.
Function Segment: Product Design and Development
Relocation Expenses: Full Expenses
Essential Responsibilities: - Responsible for defining and supporting the Tier-0 Aircraft level activities necessary to define, develop, verify and certify a Part 25 aircraft platform.
- Definition of aircraft requirements, interface definitions and providing guidance to system and sub-system suppliers.
- Provide technical guidance and support for the certification process for aircraft systems.
- Involvement will be through the entire lifecycle of a development program.
Coordinate technical aspects and lead requisitions
Work closely with Marketing Proposal Leaders to ensure customer cuts are evaluated and flowed down appropriately through System Functional Specifications and Interface Control Documents
Ensure that the product at the system level is validated
Participate in the proposal process to insure that only sound technical solutions are offered to customers
Work closely with the commercial and technology teams to create system configurations differentiated in the market
Configure products for placement on the competitive landscape and define of product specifications including performance, cost, and schedule
Implement the timely execution of product conceptual designs to meet evolving market needs
Coordinate design, project and system engineers during detailed design, start-up and warranty administration phases of project
Leverage cross-functional and cross business resources in order to maximize technical results
Supervise activities such as field issues and failures Investigations, root causes analysis and implementation of corrective actions, lesson learned issues and consequently design standards update
Build solid relationships with key Customers and suppliers
Qualifications/Requirements: Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of engineering or other technical experience)
At least 3 additional years of experience in a systems engineering role
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Willingness and ability to travel 33% of the time
Additional Eligibility Qualifications: GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
Desired Characteristics: - 10 years of technical and/or engineering development experience with aircraft development programs and have experience defining and managing requirements for aircraft systems.
- Experience in developing and managing requirements at the Tier-0 (Aircraft) level working for a major commercial airframe company.
Aircraft Systems engineering experience with a FAR Part 25 aircraft is highly desirable.
- Experience in aircraft-level requirements definition, design, integration, verification and certification activities.
- Experience in defining aircraft operational requirements, system architectures and requirements for systems for commercial aircraft.
- Familiar with systems engineering processes including requirements definition, requirements allocation, requirements management, system integration, verification and certification.
- Capable of using modeling and simulation tools to model and validate complex system solutions
Bachelors degree in Engineering
Project scheduling experience
Six Sigma training
Ability to achieve results in a matrix environment
Ability to understand and implement customer and industry standards
Ability to work in a cross-functional, global environment
Ability to engage and build positive relationships with both customers and internal and external employees
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Chinese language fluency is desirable.
Why join one great company when you can join many? When you join GE, you join a company made up of 5 exciting businesses. Experience personal growth and competency development as part of the GE team. Many of GE's fastest growing businesses are in GE's Technology Infrastructure segment. Around the world, we are helping build the healthcare, transportation and technology infrastructure of the new century.
GE Aviation, a division of GE's Technology Infrastructure business is a world-leading producer of commercial and military jet engines and components as well as integrated digital, electric power, and mechanical systems for aircraft. GE Aviation also has a global service network to support these offerings. Technological excellence, supported by continuing substantial investments in research and development, has been the foundation of GE Aviation's growth and helps to ensure quality products for customers.Learn more about GE Aviation today!
GE's Aviation Systems business, is a leading global provider of electrical power systems, avionics, actuation and landing gear, aerostructures and propeller systems to the builders and operators of military and civil aircraft, from large transports to fighters, UAVs to armored vehicles, and from helicopters to regional and business jets. A global Systems Customer Services network supports all of GEs products and is tailored to fit the needs of our customers and maximize aircraft availability. The Aviation Systems business is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and employs 10,000 people at manufacturing, repair and overhaul facilities around the world.
