Materials Science Lead Engineer

**Roles and Responsibilities**- Coach and mentor others in the analysis, design, test and/or integration related to assigned components, assemblies or process systems that meet business standards, practices, and procedures, and meet the product/program requirements.- Work within the guidelines of applicable GE Policies and Procedures, Engineering Standards, Design Customer Operating Procedures, Specifications, Government and Commercial Standards, and special security requirements.- Provide technical leadership to other personnel and assigned teams, mentor others in the organization.- Assure that proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks is consistent with engineering policies and procedures.- Monitor and communicate project status, business issues, and significant developments. Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews.- Lead the solution of complex technical problems.- Utilize Lean tools to improve current business products and processes. Document successful Lean projects- Lead multiple projects, monitoring progress and quality and ensuring schedule requirements are met.- Check own and other people’s work.- Recognized technical expert in Materials Science Engineering.- Lead the implementation of innovative analysis, designs, development concepts, processes, and system solutions.- Define technical schedule cost and/or program requirements.- Conduct assessments and develop action plans to anticipate and respond to problems.- Effectively communicate and provide recommendations to internal and external GE customers through the analysis, preparation, and presentation of technical data.- Provide the engineering technical support to cross functional teams to improve or resolve design, performance, manufacturing, supplier, or field issues.**Required Qualifications**- Bachelor associated to Materials Engineering or Metallurgy.- Recognized technical expert and leader in materials engineering.- Demonstrated proficiency in materials and processes issues resolution with a systemic view (technical, hardware, system, business, functions, and people).- Demonstrated leading skills at a global level (global initiative lead or associated global responsibility).- Demonstrated competency on topics associated to different Superalloys, manufacturing and joining processes.- Experience in different processes for manufacturing of parts (welds, coatings, joining methods, additive, forgings, and castings.- Proven experience on establishing and developing testing plans for determining materials capabilities.- Strong communication skills, including fluency in English to interface with our US and global teams.**Desired Characteristics**- Experience specifically with the following material systems is nice but not specifically required:- Elastomeric materials- Epoxy, BMI, and/or Polyimide resin composite materials- Thermoplastic materials- Prepreg composites- Resin infusion (RTM / VARTM) materials- Injection molded polymeric composites- Master’s Degree in materials science, polymer science, or similar degree.- Experience with materials modeling, such as process modeling or mechanical modeling of laminate materials.- Knowledgeable in use of laboratory equipment, specifically microscopy and microstructural analysis.- Knowledgeable of failure analysis in common failure mechanisms in turbomachinery components resulting from manufacturing, testing or field operation being able to interpretate metallurgical investigation reports towards root cause determination.- Knowledgeable of Repair and Advanced Repair Technologies such as inspection, joining, specialized welding, cleaning coating, advanced materials, and metal addition.- Clear, strategic, and critical thinker; proven experience in translating strategies into actionable plans.- Proven ability to prioritize, plan and execute important business initiatives.**Additional Information**:**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No