FEA Engineer for External Hardware E4 (Evergreen)

• Lead and/or provide the key technical direction of several large projects with substantial business impact.
• Be up to date and be a leader in defining state of the art in Analysis and Simulation specialty in order to anticipate, apply, adapt, or develop technologies for product introduction, quality, performance, cost improvements and problem resolution.
• Support other GE businesses, internal and external customers, as well as suppliers.
• Serve as a senior reviewer of new or improved projects to implement current design practices and lessons learned from prior projects. 
• Demonstrate leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes for an area or business segment. 
• Utilize experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and have the ability to affect short-term and some long-term business goals.
• Coach and mentor others in topics related to analysis of assigned components, assemblies or systems.
• Work within the guidelines of applicable GE Policies and Procedures, Engineering Standards, Design Customer Operating Procedures, Specifications, Government and Commercial Standards, and special security requirements.
• Provide technical engineering support to improve or resolve analysis, design, performance, manufacturing, supplier, or field issues.
• Document own technical data generated and guide others to substantiate the analysis of assigned components, assemblies or systems consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Monitor and communicate project status, business issues, and significant developments.
• Participate as a presenter in technical and program reviews.
• Lead the solution of complex technical problems.
• Lead multiple projects, monitoring progress and quality, and ensuring schedule requirements are met.
• Check own and other people’s work.
• Recognized technical expert in analysis.
• Lead the implementation of innovative analysis design, development concepts of processes and systems.  
• Define technical schedule cost and/or program requirements.
• Conduct assessments and develop action plans to anticipate and respond to problems.
• Effectively communicate and provide recommendations to internal customers through the analysis, preparation, and presentation of technical data.
• Participate in organizational efforts in design, analysis, test and manufacturing technology, quality, productivity, and other initiatives.
• Interface with external organizations and supporting functions, and direct/coordinate the efforts of project team members in order to accomplish overall goals.
• Support team’s technical proficiency and growth.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aeronautics or related.
• Solid contribution in a similar role or previous position.
• Experience in the use of a commercial Finite Element Analysis software.
• Good written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish. Must be able to maintain a normal day-to-day fluid conversation in English on any topic with few mistakes (mistakes that do not affect clear understanding). Must have fluency, rhythm, and sufficient self-confidence in the language to be able to handle meetings and conversations.
• Presentation Skills: ability to communicate across functions and with Senior Leadership.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability in managing projects across functions.
• Capable of coaching others to accomplish assignments.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability in influencing and shaping teams long-term vision and strategy
• Demonstrated ability in establishing common goals and objectives.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to influence others and to lead small teams. 
• Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact.
• Effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Proven analytical and organizational abilities.
• Responsibility, across GE, of cross-functional projects or modules, including SII and Op Plan inputs.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience using ANSYS APDL, ANSYS Workbench, or Hypermesh environments.
• Experience using geometry editing software, aligned to mesh construction.
• Experience matching analysis simulation results to hand calculations.
• Experience in correlation of test measurements to Analysis and Simulation data.
• Familiarity with Project Management principles.
• Lead coordination of efforts across teams.

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