Job Description Summary

The Sr. Engineering Manager – Optics and Imaging Technology reports directly to the Advanced Measurements Technologies Section Leader. This manager will lead the Optics and Imaging engineering team, which is a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and technical specialists. This manager will work with other staff and teams in Product Validation and Flight Test Operation (FTO) organization, suppliers, and airframe customers to drive multiple technology maturation plans to closure ahead of multiple commercial and military technology demonstrator programs for GE Aerospace. This position may have management and leadership responsibility for exempt employees, non-exempt employees, contingent workers and purchased services.

In this role, you will be responsible for major and complex assignments with long-term business implications, manage complex issues within functional area(s) of expertise, and contribute to the overall business strategy. You will lead activities contributing to the design and development of products, solutions, and systems.

High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required. You will oversee the team’s ability to achieve technology excellence and delivery. You must drive initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the team and interface with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiatives.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure on-time delivery of technology maturation projects to perform stated test missions within accuracy expectations.
• Management of a team of people covering several engineering disciplines supporting technology maturation projects. Provide leadership and technical direction for assigned program tasks and personnel.
• Establish work group goals within framework of section technical and financial objectives. Define roles and responsibilities for assigned personnel.
• Maintain broad awareness of efforts within group to assure technical quality excellence, timely completion of work and reviews, appropriate use of resources, and responsiveness to customer / program needs.
• Identify need for technical and program reviews within the organization; Lead technical reviews and participate as a reviewer. Ensure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Formulate and implement plans to achieve technical and program requirements, schedules, and contract commitments. Monitor and communicate project status, business issues and significant developments as appropriate.
• Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
• Influence the development of strategy for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and policy formulation.
• Facilitate communication of technical, and project information between organizations and within work group.
• Execute and provide guidance for the analysis/evaluation of assigned projects that meet business standards, practices and procedures and the product/program requirements.
• Define and develop product processes related to design, analysis, test, materials, manufacture, quality and/or productivity.
• Communicate with management on technical, organizational, resource and personnel issues.
• Promote professional growth through timely performance feedback, training, coaching, counseling, and assignments.
• Ensure company compliance initiatives and training requirements are implemented within work group.
• Develop action plans to anticipate and respond to problems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Advanced degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering, in Electrical, Mechanical, Optics or Physics.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Technical or Engineering leadership position.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in optical measurements, imaging (Infrared/high speed), embedded electronics, and opto-mechanics.

Eligibility Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible and off-shift hours (including 1st, 2nd, 3rd shift, nights, weekends, and holidays) when business needs dictate.
• Ability and willingness to travel to and support technology deployme