About the role
Job Description Summary
Join GE Aerospace and play a hands-on role in advancing the production of critical aerospace hardware. In this highly collaborative position, you will work directly in a dynamic shop environment as the manufacturing product engineer with ownership of a key afterburner component. This is an opportunity to make an immediate impact on production performance, process improvement, and product quality while helping shape the future of manufacturing operations.
You will partner across operations, quality, and engineering to drive meaningful improvements in safety, delivery, cost, and efficiency. This role offers strong exposure to lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement tools as we redesign workflows, optimize shop layout, and strengthen operational performance. It’s an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex manufacturing challenges, influencing change on the floor, and growing their career within both the team and GE Aerospace. What Success Looks Like
In this role, your impact will be measurable and visible. Key outcomes include:
Supporting a zero-injury safety culture
Delivering a 50% year-over-year reduction in cost of quality
Reducing aged WIP greater than 365 days to $0
Improving flow, efficiency, and execution to support on-time delivery and operational performance
Why Join GE Aerospace?
Own meaningful hardware in a critical aerospace manufacturing environment
Gain direct exposure to lean transformation and operational improvement
Work on high-impact challenges with clear, measurable results
Build your career with strong opportunities for professional growth and advancement within GE Aerospace
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the manufacturing product engineer for an afterburner hardware component, with end-to-end ownership of manufacturing support and process performance
Lead efforts to improve ergonomics, safety, and overall shop-floor execution
Drive improvements in First Time Yield (FTY), productivity, and manufacturing efficiency
Reduce inactive hardware, aged work-in-process (WIP), and cost of quality (CoQ)
Support process redesign and layout optimization using lean principles and c…
