Posted Position Title Senior Engineer – Molding & Plastic Part Design

Job Number     1925066
Business     GE Energy Management
Business Segment     EM-IS Industrial Solutions
Career Level     Experienced
Function     Engineering/Technology
Function Segment     Product Design and Development
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available     United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces     Connecticut
City     Plainville
Postal Code     06062-2372
Relocation Expenses     No

Role Summary/Purpose     GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in plastic part design and material development to guide the team through the development of plastics parts needed to develop a new industrial circuit breaker. Additionally, you will be the interface to the manufacturing and sourcing teams to develop tooling and processes to ensure the quality of all plastic parts.

Essential Responsibilities   

• Utilize experience in up to date manufacturing techniques with a focus in compression and injection molding to drive the design and material decisions for all plastic parts
• Use your expertise with thermoset and thermoplastic part and tool design to develop tooling with vendors and our manufacturing team
• Apply mechanical design experience and Finite Element Analysis for strength optimization of molded parts
• Apply intricate knowledge of dielectric and strength limitations of molded parts to develop high performing molded parts for electrical component applications
• Work across multiple design groups to integrate design features of other subsystems into the molded circuit breaker housing
• Participate in idea generation workouts for design concept development
• Work closely with manufacturing and processing team to analyze and optimize material use and processing applications

Qualifications/Requirements    

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
• Minimum 10 years of Engineering Experience with plastic part design

Additional Eligibility Qualifications
   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 background investigation and drug screen.

Desired Characteristics    

• Experience with thermoset plastic part and mold design
• Positive “Can-Do” attitude and the motivation to make a big difference in the business performance by driving improvements through new technology
• Demonstrated ability in mechanical design, analysis, testing, problem solving, and design execution success
• Strong understanding of product development process, manufacturing expertise
• Good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively across the business, take ownership and drive results
• Self-starter, highly motivated, independent work skills
• Cad experience with Pro-Engineer
• Demonstrated ability to develop and meet schedules
• Working knowledge with MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent Quality certification
• Advanced degree
• High volume experience

Experience with plastics ranging 1-5 mm
Proven ability to resolve conflict and prioritize actions for maximum business impact

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