Casting Technology Manufacturing Engineer

Position Overview

The Senior Casting Technology Manufacturing Engineer provides technical leadership for SX or equiax investment castings across the value stream. You will partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams to drive root cause problem solving, improve producibility, increase productivity, and deliver on business objectives. You will own supplier technical relationships, coach on internal processes/specs/methods, qualify new suppliers, and help develop and industrialize alternate casting technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide process and product technical leadership for the Castings commodity, including SX or equiax investment castings.
• Develop strong working relationships with casting supplier technical teams.
• Partner with suppliers to identify and implement corrective actions to eliminate the cause and prevent recurrence.
• Act as a change agent to advance world-class performance and standard work across the supply base.
• Own supplier technical relationships; mentor suppliers on GE Aerospace processes, specifications, and methods; ensure compliance and capability.
• Lead cross-functional problem solving to identify true root cause and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Improve manufacturability through design-for-casting, specification clarity, and process capability improvements.
• Clearly communicate progress, risks, challenges, and countermeasures to leadership and stakeholders.
• Review and approve significant/special processes; ensure adherence to standards and qualification requirements.
• Collaborate with Quality and Design Engineering to ensure new and changed processes meet established metrics; align with other commodities on strategy and objectives.
• Partner with suppliers and internal teams to interpret drawings/specifications, ensuring conformance and clarity.
• Identify and onboard new suppliers; lead technical qualifications and readiness through Manufacturing and Quality Planning reviews and support supplier Castings Audits.
• Ability to travel to supplier sites 30%–50%.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Materials/Metallurgy, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related field)
• Minimum of 5 years of materials engineering, castings, mechanical engineering or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Additive manufacturing experience
• Metal Injection Molding (MIM) experience
• Proficiency with Siemens NX or comparable CAD
• Sand Castings experience
• Titanium experience
• Significant experience in investment castings (SX or equiax) with demonstrated yield, capability, and cost improvements
• Hands-on expertise across investment casting special processes (wax, shell, melt/solidification control, heat treat, HIP, NDT) and specification compliance
• Strong problem solving and project management skills
• New Product Introduction experience
• Experience maturing technologies and processes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with the ability to influence without authority
• Humble learner who is respectful, receptive to feedback, agile, and continuously improving
• Transparent communicator who proactively shares critical information and constructively resolves issues
• Focused and accountable, with strong ownership to meet commitments and drive results against SQDC targets

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: Salary range of $116,000.00 - $155,000.00 plus a performance bonus/variable incentive plan.
• Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including health care coverage (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), retirement plans (401K with company matching and retirement savings options), life insurance, disability coverage, paid time off, and employee assistance programs.