
Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Process Development – Assembly
Greenville, CAFull-time$105–174K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will lead assembly process development within GE Vernova’s Process Industrialization team. The role develops, implements, and qualifies manufacturing processes, with a focus on rotor assembly, and supports handoffs to production. It also drives process standards and improvement, mentors engineers, and applies lean manufacturing and kaizen practices. The position is on site in a manufacturing environment and requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.
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Job Description Summary
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What impact you’ll make
As a member of the Process Industrialization team, and as the Technical Leader for Assembly Process Development, you will be an active contributor to create, maintain, and execute the standard in how to develop and industrialize manufacturing processes using a team-based approach. This role sits within the Process Industrialization team and will lead new manufacturing process development. The focus will be developing and driving a standard, strategic, agile, but detailed approach to process development. Ensuring best practices are known, maintained, accessible, and scalable.
Job Description
What you’ll do:
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Execute manufacturing process development, implementation and qualification across rotor assembly (including torquing, balancing tensioning, induction heating, rotor lathe, grind), and other applications as required.
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Utilize in-depth knowledge of technical disciplines, analytical thinking, and technical experience to execute policy/strategy and roadmap initiatives.
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Execute hands-on development of new products and processes enabling a successful hand-off to the production team.
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Manage development iterations to meet customer needs with a strong focus on safety, process quality, and internal customer needs.
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Mentor and coach less experienced engineers across teams.
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Strong ability to identify and eliminate waste while coaching others.
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Engineering, standardizing, and optimizing manufacturing processes.
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Incorporate lean manufacturing principles into process development.
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Utilize kaizen activities for continuous improvement and collaborate with wider team on breakthrough initiatives.
What you’ll bring (Basic Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
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- High School Diploma / GED with 10+ years of equivalent experience
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Minimum of 8 additional years of experience in Production Process and Equipment (e.g., Gas Turbines, Aerospace, Steel Manufacturing, or Heavy Industrial).
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Ability and desire to work on site in a manufacturing environment.
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This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.
What will make you stand out:
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Demonstrated expertise in large-scale mechanical assembly, specifically rotor dynamics and high-precision torquing/tensioning.
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Advanced understanding of mechanical reasoning and system-level diagnostics.
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Demonstrated examples of developing and improving manufacturing processes.
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Demonstrated examples of applying lean principles to process development
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Strong problem solving and organizational skills.
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Ability to drive innovation by implementing new ideas and screening new technologies to align with business objectives.
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Ability to effectively communicate to multiple levels of the organization, both verbally and through written communication.
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Experience in a high-paced, high-stakes manufacturing environment where quality and safety are non-negotiable.
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Ability to enact and drive change within an organization.
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Ability to productively manage multiple projects concurrently.
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Self-motivated and self-driven proven project leadership.
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Ability to accept new challenges, take ownership, and make decisions.
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 Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) . 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 Vernova 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
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $104,600.00 and $174,400.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.
Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.
This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on June 23, 2026.
Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, 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 Vernova 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 financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova 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 GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
GE Vernova 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,337 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$105–174K/yr
- California median$115–172K/yr840 salary ranges
- US median$95–141K/yr3,117 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $140K, is close to the California median midpoint ($143K) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 983 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in California and 5,337 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 4,225 postings).
- Education
- 2,931 of the 5,337 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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