Staff Engineer - Controls Engineer
GENERAL ELECTRIC GE Aviation
Location
West Chester, PA | United States
Job description
Job Description Summary
This role will report to the GE9X Control Systems Manager within the GE Evendale Advanced Technologies Organization. The engineer will be responsible for developing physics-based representations of systems and associated control systems.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
As the Controls Engineer you will:
- Collaborate with internal teams and external customers to define and formalize system, hardware, software, simulation, and human integration requirements
- Model systems to a level of fidelity and degree of accuracy consistent with the model’s intended usage
- Design and iterate upon control laws given objectives and constraints
- Develop test plans and execute engineering tests for the controls components, subsystems, and systems
- Apply GE best practices and design standards
- Present results to internal (GE) and external (airframer, government, …) customers
- Collaborate effectively in a diverse, global, distributed work environment, including leading small teams responsible for delivery of modelling and control deliverables
- Additionally, you will responsible to continually mature your personal and professional development through training opportunities, mentorship, and formal career path definition.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering Field from an accredited college or university
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in an engineering environment
Desired Characteristics
- Highly-motivated, self-starting, and passionate
- Exceptional communication skills and willingness to continually improve communication and influencing skills in more-distributed work environments
- Experience with component, rig, and system test environments
- Experience modelling system behavior in Simulink, NPSS, or other programming languages
- Coding experience in MATLAB, python, C/C++, SCADE, VBA, etc.
- Control system design experience
- Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals
- Demonstrated team leadership, collaboration, and facilitation skills
- Flexible and friendly approach to working in teams
- Project planning and project management experience
- Keen listener and innate drive to succeed
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
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