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Quality Engineer

GE Aerospace
Auburn, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/21/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/18/2025
Job Description Summary

At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team. It means that if you have ideas, we will listen.

As the Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring product quality throughout the manufacturing process, with a focus on quality assurance and quality control. The Quality Engineer directly impacts departmental operations and requires planning and execution within established functional practices and procedures.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Quality Ownership: Lead both quality assurance and quality control efforts, ensuring conformance in manufacturing processes, incoming goods inspections, product evaluations, and witness points
  • Process Improvement: Develop and implement strategies to enhance product quality and manufacturing processes, leveraging technical expertise and prior experience
  • Technical Expertise: Build in-depth knowledge of quality engineering principles and apply this expertise to execute policies and strategies that drive continuous improvement
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Understand key business drivers and integrate quality initiatives with other teams to support overall operational goals
  • Problem Solving: Use analytical thinking and technical skills to identify and resolve quality-related issues. Propose solutions outside of standard parameters, when necessary, with guidance
  • Leadership and Development: Act as an individual contributor or early-stage people leader, providing informal guidance to team members and supporting talent development

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of Quality Engineering and/or Manufacturing Quality experience)
  • At least an additional 3 years of Quality Engineering and/or Manufacturing Quality experience

Desired Characteristics

  • Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
  • Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
  • Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
  • Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
  • Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

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.

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)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace 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 Aerospace 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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