Lead Metrology / Lead Quality Engineer

Lead Metrology / Lead Quality Engineer

The Lead Metrology / Lead Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, traceability, and reliability of dimensional inspection processes supporting aerospace component manufacturing. This role combines expertise in measurement science, precision inspection systems, and quality engineering principles to maintain conformance to customer, regulatory, and internal standards. The position drives continuous improvement in measurement methods, gage management, and process capability within a highly technical manufacturing environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ownership includes both quality assurance and quality control. Includes quality assurance of products, services, manufacturing processes. Includes conformance in manufacturing, incoming goods control, product inspection, witness points, etc.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent. Provides informal guidance to new team members
• Develop and maintain calibration programs for dimensional gages, CMMs, and precision measurement systems per industry requirements.
• Lead measurement system analysis (MSA), gage R&R studies, and uncertainty analysis.
• Define and validate measurement methods for new or revised aerospace hardware and tooling.
• Drive measurement automation, digital thread integration, and data integrity improvements.
• Analyze trends in measurement data to identify systemic variation and implement process improvements.
• Ensure all metrology processes meet quality requirements.
• Support internal, customer, and regulatory audits with detailed measurement and calibration documentation.
• Maintain gage control database and calibration certificates in accordance with quality procedures.
• Provide training and mentoring for inspectors and quality technicians in dimensional measurement and inspection best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years manufacturing experience) + minimum of 3 years experience in quality, manufacturing, or metrology engineering (aerospace experience preferred).

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
• Minimum 35 years of experience in quality, manufacturing, or metrology engineering (aerospace experience preferred).
• Demonstrated experience with SPC, MSA, and data-driven problem-solving.
• Strong understanding of AS9100 or ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Working knowledge of CMM programming and operation (PC-DMIS, Calypso, or similar).
• Proficient in GD&T per ASME Y14.5 and dimensional analysis.
• Self-directed, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across functions and influence without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ownership of quality and compliance maintains high standards of integrity and accuracy.
• Continuous improvement and Lean mindset experience with Six Sigma tools preferred.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan 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.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its 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.

Compensation Grade: LPB2

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities 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 Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes