Job Description SummaryAs a Lead Engineer - Mechatronics in the Mechanical Components and Systems Lab, you will play a key role in advancing GE Aerospace’s capabilities in on-wing and confined space inspection and repair, automated component inspection, and automated manufacturing. You will lead the design, analysis, prototyping, and testing of complete electromechanical solutions and custom end-effectors paired with commercial robots. In this hands-on role, you will work closely with the product teams at the business to implement solutions that bring real value to our business and our customers.
Aerospace Research will continue to play a vital role in supporting the industry through a historic recovery while shaping the future of flight. We invent the future of flight, lift people up and bring them home safely. Our commitment to lead the industry, to keep safe the flying public and the armed forces, and to lift up one another and our communities remains our north star. Our purpose is what ties us to one another and gives meaning to our work.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of the Lead Engineer - Mechatronics is to lead and execute projects focused on electromechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic systems for advanced inspection, repair, or manufacturing within the aerospace industry. Additional responsibilities include:
- Execute the design, selection, analysis, system integration, testing and product implementation of robotic manipulators, sensors, actuators, controllers, and electromechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems
- Work with other support functions and/or external suppliers to meet project deliverables
- Prepare and participate in project and technical reviews
- Develop and mature design or analysis tools for advanced electromechanical and other robotic/mechatronic systems
- Provide expertise to help resolve technical challenges across the organization
- Collaborate in the development of internal and external project proposals and initiatives
- Protect intellectual property through the generation of patents
- Provide technical guidance and direction across the group to grow overall technical capability and product knowledge in technical focus areas
- Provide technical development across the organization through effective coaching/mentoring
- Foster a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and inclusive team environment
Required Qualifications
This Lead Engineer role requires a PhD with a minimum of 3 years of industrial experience in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or Applied Mechanics, or an MS with a minimum of 6 years of industrial experience in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or Applied Mechanics. Additionally, the role requires:
- Experience with the design, selection, analysis, fabrication, testing, and troubleshooting of electromechanical systems and control software (e.g., robotic manipulators, mechanical linkages, hydraulic/pneumatic circuits, mechatronic sensors, and actuators)
- Experience with the complete design process, including conceptual design, detailed design, geometrical fits and tolerances, testing, validation, and product implementation
- Experience with product design constraints, manufacturing techniques, and material processing selections
- Proficiency using 3D solid modeling software (e.g., NX, SOLIDWORKS, Creo)
- Strong analytical skills
- Results-oriented execution mindset with a sense of urgency
- Ability to work under pressure and meet aggressive deadlines
- Ability to work across all functions/levels as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a global team environment
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
- 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.
- Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY
- Must be 18 years or older
- You must submit your application for employment on the careers page at www.gecareers.com to be considered
Desired Characteristics
This role needs an individual who is self-driven, motivated, and willing to take an idea from proposal to product! Additional characteristics being sought include:
- Experience with custom (e.g. bio-inspired) robot design or confined space access and inspection
- Experience with electrical system design
- Experience in developing actuators and end effectors for harsh environments, including for high vibrations, high temperature, high force machining operations, etc.
- Extensive testing of electromechanical components and systems, data acquisition, data reduction and design validation. Proficiency using LabVIEW, MATLAB, microcontroller and DAQ (data acquisition system).
- Experience in lumped parameter system modeling for electromechanical, thermal, and pneumatic/hydraulic systems
- Experience in simulation of kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms and electromechanical systems. Proficiency in building system models using tools such as Simscape, Adams, MapleSim.
- Experience in the use of smart structures and materials such as piezoelectric, shape memory alloys, electroactive polymers, electro- and magnetorheological fluids, MEMs, flexible sensors, or origami/deployable mechanisms for developing novel actuators and sensors
- Experience in building data acquisition and/or control system using NI (National Instrument with LabView), Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and PLC
The base pay range for this position is $90,000 - $175,000 USD Annually. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on April 16, 2024
Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
