Controls Engineering Technical Program Leader - GE Aerospace

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead technical program execution for aircraft engine controls initiatives supporting Military Advanced Technology and NPI programs.
• Lead cross-functional coordination across systems, software, hardware, mechanical design, and program teams to deliver controls solutions that meet technical, schedule, quality, and cost objectives.
• Use FLIGHT DECK to drive business outcomes by connecting team execution to Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) priorities and customer expectations.
• Establish and improve team execution through Standard Work to document and sustain the best-known way to perform key processes and enable continuous improvement.
• Use Daily & Visual Management and operating cadences to visualize targets and results, track progress to goals, expose gaps, create actions when off plan, and escalate issues with urgency.
• Drive controls requirements development, architecture definition, logic design, integration, validation, qualification, and release activities.
• Use understanding of key business drivers and how the work of the team integrates with other teams to accomplish program objectives.
• Make decisions within a defined framework and resolve issues requiring good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures
• Lead and mentor engineers and, where applicable, serve as a customer interface, develop strong customer relationships, and explain technical information to others.
• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience related to aircraft engine controls systems and software development.
• This role requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with NPSS simulation tools.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical programs, integrated product teams, or cross-functional engineering work scopes
• Ability to work collaboratively in a structured team environment.
• Passion for developing aircraft engine controls methodologies including hardware and software integration, requirements development and documentation, logic design, development and validation, and support for the product software release process.