Lead Engineer – Product Engineer

GE Aerospace


Job Location:

Clearwater, SC - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 95000 - 127000
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

Position Description /Summary

A Product Engineer also known as a Product Design Engineer is responsible for evaluating product requirements participating in design development and influencing the manufacturing process towards ensuring products meet customer expectations requirements and business goals. The product engineer operates at the intersection of engineering product management and manufacturing driving technical feasibility scalability and operational reliability throughout the product lifecycle.

Product Engineers combine technical expertise creativity and managerial skills to deliver high-quality products that align with business objectives. This role is critical for ensuring product success customer satisfaction and pushing a competitive advantage.

Product Engineer activities generally lie within influencing designs for Manufacturability Testability and Supportability. Through bridging customer needs as the liaison between design engineering production and aftermarket teams with manufacturing process insight to ensure high-quality market-ready solutions across the supplier base.

Our Mission is to influence the design while in the design phase to support a seamless transition into a production production we are the keepers of the design tasked with maintaining it throughout the end user Life Cycle

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Design and Development:

  • Working with design engineering and manufacturing facility counterparts towards influencing designs for Manufacturability Testability and Supportability processes using standard work methodology and instructions.

Product & Production Support:

  • Interdepartmental participation/collaboration placing select designs into manufacturing facilities ensuring those suppliers are set up for success meeting build & test requirements (product/process walks).

  • Participate in product design investigations utilizing various lean tools.

  • Identify and troubleshoot design flaws implementing solutions to enhance product performance testability and/or manufacturability.

  • Support product and test equipment design changes for proactive obsolescence management product improvement and cost-out activities.

  • Orchestrate design changes during production phase.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

  • Work closely with program managers product/project managers designers and engineering teams.

Testing and Quality Assurance:

  • Conduct rigorous testing to ensure products meet performance safety and regulatory standards.

  • Support Qualification Testing.

Project Management:

  • This position will be assigned to a product line entailing project management prioritizing tasks estimating technical effort managing timelines working and collaborating with other team members and department leaders ensuring projects tasks/activities stay within budget and schedule.

Product Lifecycle Management:

  • Oversee the entire product journey from early development phases to production launch including ideation design prototyping fault isolation testing production and aftermarket support.

Continuous Improvement:

  • Monitor product performance post-launch and recommend updates or enhancements based on internal or external customer feedback.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Industrial Engineering or related field applicable to this position from an accredited university or college with a minimum of 4 years of experience in product design.

Technical Skills:

  • Proficiency in engineering principles and product development processes.

  • Able to read and interpret Mechanical Drawings Electrical Schematics and Wiring Diagrams.

  • Understanding of Military and Industry Specifications Standards and FARs as they apply to the development of electronic equipment and circuit card assemblies.

  • Experience in formally changing designs involving Configuration Management principles.

  • Comfortable with managing activities and tasks managing timelines budgets and cross-functional teams.

  • Acumen to troubleshoot complex technical issues and optimize designs.

  • Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.

  • Familiarity with the specific industry (e.g. manufacturing technology consumer goods) and regulatory standards.

Work Environment

Product Engineers work in an office environment with occasional on-hands support in manufacturing settings. There is travel at times for client consultations or site visits.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S : GE Aerospace will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening.

Desired Characteristics:

  • Analysis experience with Mechanical design Integrated electronics and circuit card assemblies.

  • Working knowledge of complex avionics systems and their components.

  • Experience with test system design and development for integrated electronics and circuit card assemblies.

  • Experience in manufacturing environment of electronic hardware and circuit boards.

  • Familiarity with aerospace & defense standards materials and manufacturing industry processes/practices.

  • Self-starter who takes ownership of product line and is committed to continuous improvement initiatives.

  • Experience with Six Sigma (green or black belt).

  • Strong oral and written communication skills.

  • High attention to detail.

The base pay range for this position is $95000.00 - $127000.00. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factorsincluding the candidates experience education and skill position is also eligiblefor an annual discretionary bonus based on apercentage of your base salary/ commission based on the posting isexpected to close on 7/31/26.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and along with programs like HealthAhead your physicalemotional financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage; access to aHealth Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program which provides 24/7 confidential assessment counseling andreferral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan a 401(k) savings plan with company matchingcontributions and company retirement contributions as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits includetuition 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. isa Sponsor). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate amend suspend replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time andfor any reason in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsors welfare benefit plan or program. Thisdocument does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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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 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


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