Job Description Summary

The Technical Manager will lead a team in the IO and Network (ION) engineering organization, supporting the business and Application Engineering teams in defining a strategy for growth, driving initiatives to continuously improve performance and processes, executing successfully on projects to bring value for the company and our customers, and achieving key functional, business, and broad company objectives. This is a People Leader role for a team of roughly 8-10 interdisciplinary engineers, comprised of Engineering Project Managers (EPMs), Systems Engineers and/or Software Engineers that will require a talented individual to use their experience, knowledge, influence, and initiative to set strategy, manage team competency development, and drive engineering execution excellence. The position spans ION products and projects and includes interfacing with numerous outside organizations. The role will report directly to the ION Engineering Leader with moderate autonomy and require high levels of operational judgment.

This opportunity is bonus eligible with a work location of Grand Rapids, MI. GE offers competitive salaries and a full breadth of benefits including 401K company contribution with additional matching plans, flexible work arrangements, permissive time off policy, tuition reimbursement for future degrees, company paid life insurance, and a variety of competitive health insurance choices to meet your needs.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Hold responsibility for delivering engineering excellence to effectively perform bids and proposals, manage projects, execute development and verification strategies, and conduct accurate engineering forecasts for ION

• Support and conduct strategic resource planning, then build an inclusive, highly technical, and high-performing team through recruitment and competency development, guide them through hard times, and celebrate their successes

• Manage department sub-section to achieve functional, business, and broad company objectives including engineering planning and budgeting, competency development, culture development, and process and execution excellence

• Create and execute structured development plans customized for individual team members, including holding the team accountable for supporting development of others within the organization

• Set clear expectations for individual and team performance and manage/improve performance using controlled metrics and a continuous improvement mindset

• Foster a culture of collaboration, clear communication, lean, and accountability through leading, motivating, and inspiring others

• Develop engineering competency that delivers results compliant with engineering processes and customer contractual requirements

• Allocate qualified engineering talent and manage outsource activities to satisfy project demands both for ION projects as well as projects requiring the skillset

• Support reporting and escalation rhythms with clear communication and firm understanding of status, active ownership and management to resolve issues, and a focus on continuous improvement

• Provide technical expertise and leadership for the pursuit of new business, the execution of existing business (NPI and R&D), and the continuous improvement of project management and systems engineering processes, tools, and talent

• Drive effective startup of new projects, focusing on strategic planning, standardization, reporting/monitoring expectation setting, and One Team collaboration

• Demonstrate superior technical expertise to translate highly technical engineering concepts into workable solutions, leveraging engineering and product reuse

• Demonstrate strong project management expertise to establish project teams, conduct project planning, manage and monitor project execution, and perform active risk management

• Hold project teams accountable to deliver quantifiable results against Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) expectations

• Assist project and program leadership in the timely resolution of engineering design, validation, integration, verification, safety, certification, closure, and other issues

• Develop influential relationships with assigned customers at all levels

• Provide specific engineering strategies, credibility, plans and actions that differentiate us from our competitors and make GE a great place to work both now and in the future

• Maintain high visibility as a key engineering leader in the Avionics business while being respected for maturity, professionalism, expertise, sound judgment, passion for excellence, long-term commitment, and uncom