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Job Description

You will:

• Apply analytical and experimental skills to design, optimize, and test next generation nonconventional machining processes, including, ECM, EDM, and Chem Milling for shaping, machining, and finishing metals, ceramics, and composite materials.
• Identify customer requirements, define manufacturing process specifications, and build hardware and software system prototypes to meet the customer requirements.
• Follow a manufacturing readiness level scorecard to drive the manufacturing process development from benchtop testing through factory pilot implementation.
• Collaborate with the digital technology teams to integrate product design, manufacturing, and inspection data to optimize downstream process capabilities.
• Develop tools and methods to enhance nonconventional machining process capabilities, considering cost, schedule, and quality trade-offs.
• Help develop diagnostics and monitoring strategies to enhance nonconventional machining process robustness.
• Develop technology strategy and implement actionable multi-generational technology plans for manufacturing.
• Formulate projects scope and plans and work with leadership and customers to track progress toward project deliverables.

• Effectively document and communicate results to customers and leadership by preparing written reports and delivering oral presentations.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

• MS degree in Engineering, Physics, or related fields with 10 or more years of relevant industrial research experience. BS degree will be considered with significant R&D industry experience.
• Experience in wet chemical process R&D and familiarity with two or more nonconventional machining processes, including ECM, EDM, and Chem Milling, with ability to perform both analytical and experimental research work.
• Familiarity with manufacturing system integration, including automation and in-situ monitoring.
• Experience in transferring manufacturing processes from lab to factory and familiarity with manufacturing technology scale-up and industrialization.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with customers, leadership, and project teams.
• Innovation, self-motivation, and ability to collaborate across organizations to achieve results.
• 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.

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:

• PhD degree in Engineering, Physics, or related fields with 8 or more years of relevant industrial research experience.
• Experience with short potential pulse, sub 1 millisecond, electrochemical oxidation experimentation.
• Familiarity with a range of manufacturing processes and operations outside of nonconventional machining, e.g., turning, milling, laser processes, welding, inspection.
• A working knowledge in the development of multi-axis CNC machining and robotics.
• Experience in software development using languages, such as C#, C++, Python, LabVIEW, and/or MATLAB.
• Knowledge of solid modeling and exposure to one or more commercial CAD/CAM systems, e.g., NX, Solidworks.
• Exposure to emerging manufacturing trends, such as digital thread and additive manufacturing technologies.
• Experience in writing external proposals and executing government-funded programs.
• A record of publications in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

The base pay range for this position is 100,000 - 205,000 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. This posting is expected to close on December 3, 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.

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