Lead Test Engineer

GE RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER AND AVIATION - Imperial, PA

Full-time

Imperial, PA

About the position

The Lead Test Engineer at GE Renewable Energy will be responsible for overseeing the processes involved in prepping, de-prepping, and testing aircraft engines at the Pittsburgh facility. This role involves leading cross-functional teams in problem-solving situations and continuously identifying opportunities for process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Learn complex test facility operations while gaining overall engine mechanics and systems level knowledge.
• Utilize leadership skills in project management type setting, overseeing day-to-day operations and identify opportunities to improve current processes for engine prep, de-prep, test, and teardown.
• Lead integration of NPI within the test operations.
• Ability to learn how to troubleshoot issues with engine operation, instrumentation, and test facilities.
• Able to extract and interpret engine test data.
• Ability to communicate with cross-functional teams to facilitate the identification of root cause and corrective action for any issues found during engine prep, de-prep, setup, test, and/or teardowns.
• Develops integrated, appropriately phased and scoped program and resource plan across multi-disciplined team to deliver validated products that meet technical, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Manages execution through technical communication, proactive resource management, problem resolution, and risk abatement.
• Understands applicable regulations, establishes means of compliance, plans, and executes analysis/test to support components, engine, and aircraft systems cert/qual requirements.
• Ensures certification and qualification documentation is approved in a timely manner.
• Creates, develops, matures, and leverages innovative technologies and processes that provide competitive advantages.
• Understands the key factors that cause failures; identifies reliability risks and designs mitigation plan; leverages lessons learned; anticipates and understands failure modes based on predicted environment, materials, and design.
• Establishes feasible test strategy based on technical requirements, program requirements, and customer needs to understand, advance, or validate a design or concept.
• Develops and manages overall technical plan to deliver test platform in alignment with cost and schedule requirements.
• Identifies and manages execution risk and opportunities.
• Understands electrical, electronic, software validation and fit checks to support any troubleshooting associated to their failures impacting Test operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and 3+ years of aircraft engine testing processes and troubleshooting experience, or a minimum high school diploma/GED with an additional 4+ years of aircraft engine testing processes and troubleshooting experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge/experience with aircraft/engine test, maintenance hardware and procedures.
• Previous hands-on experience regarding the installation and/or maintenance of an engine test cell.
• Experience using MS Office Suite products, including Word, Excel, Project, and Outlook.

Nice-to-haves

• Lean Six Sigma training.
• Capable of working directly with Test Technicians, Engineers, Quality Leaders, and different levels of management.
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn.
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively.
• Focused: customer driven, action planning, quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed.
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative.
• Problem solver: continuous improvement-analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker.
• Proven analytical and organizational ability.

Benefits

• Great work environment
• Professional development
• Challenging careers
• Competitive compensation
• Relocation assistance