**Job Description Summary** =========================== Materials Application Lead Engineer (E3\) provides leadership and accountability of functional and business objectives that require integration across different organizations. Additionally, resolves and serves as a consulting resource for materials complex issues by interacting and influencing different organization leadership levels, either technically or administrative. Structures and organized resources to execute on business goals/objectives, communicating assertively to leadership.**Job Description** =================== **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. * Fluent in English for conversations and writing. **Desired Characteristics** * Knowledgeable 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