Lead Engineer - Life Management

Job Description SummaryAt Avio Aero, a GE Aerospace Company, we’ve been reimagining the power of flight for more than 100 years. We are specialized in the design, production and maintenance of components and systems for both the civil and military aviation.
The Lifing Engineer will be a member of the Engineering Material Systems within the Lifing, Material Behaviors and Additive Materials team, you will support and will participate and lead management of military and commercial applications for both new and fielded engine programs and contribute to life methods development. .Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Execution and leadership of tasks with a primary focus area of life management for military and commercial applications.

• Collaborate with GE Aerospace design communities in the development and life management approaches and support life methods for Avio Aero components.

• Participate in technology road-mapping and competitive assessment working with business leaders to initiate and drive new technology programs in computational or experimental methods for the design and lifing of engine components.

• Provide technical guidance and direction across the group to grow overall technical capability and product knowledge in technical focus areas.

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with both internal and external organizations to accelerate and expand the ability to deliver new technology in primary focus areas to our business customers.

• Serve as a technical expert to resolve short term high risk technical issues in technical focus areas.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or related discipline or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline with proved experience in an industrial environment.

• Experience in applied fracture mechanics and damage model development.

• Experience in developing life prediction models and methods.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to work across all functions/departments as part of a team.

• Fluent in English.

• Work Visa, in accordance with local regulation, is required

Desired Characteristics

• Green belt or Black Belt certification and/or Statistics knowledge.

• Domain knowledge in gas turbine design and gas turbine lifing technologies.

What we offer

Smart working and work life-balance

Avio Aero, when possible, promotes remote work and encourages a good, healthy and satisfying work-life balance. We value our employees’ wellbeing; hence we offer a variety of improvement programs aimed to preserve anyone’s psychological safety and daily needs. 

Total Rewards

At Avio Aero, we understand the importance of Total Rewards. As a new joiner to Avio Aero we are pleased to offer the following welcome benefit plan: 

• Performance related bonuses and local bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits platform

• GE Aviation share plan 

• Life and injury insurance

• Medical cover

• Employee assistant program

• Employee special awards (service and recognition) 

• Local special agreements and discounts

• English and languages training for you and one member of your family

• Technical, Leadership and development trainings

Inclusion & Diversity

Avio Aero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are strongly committed to maintain an inclusive and diverse environment. Every employment decision is taken regardless to national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, etc. 

We are not all the same. Just be Yourself @AvioAero!

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