Senior Technical Fellow - Advanced Robotics & Autonomy - Advanced Research Office - GE Aerospace Research

Summary GE Aerospace Research plays a vital role in shaping the future of flight. We invent the future of flight, lift people up and bring them home safely. Our commitment to lead the industry, to keep safe the flying public and the armed forces, and to lift-up one another and our communities, remains our north star. Our purpose is what ties us to one another and gives meaning to our work. The Advanced Research Office (ARO) exists to create - and prevent - technological surprises for GE Aerospace by investing in breakthrough technologies that have the potential to revolutionize our industry. The ARO deliberately looks past the current product technology roadmap and out to a long horizon - on the order of 10 to 15+ years, and in some cases further - to identify future threats and opportunities across today's core markets as well as adjacent and emerging ones. It sponsors long-range, high-risk / high-reward research that advances key learnings while bridging the gap between fundamental discoveries and their industrial applications. Senior Technical Fellows (STFs) are senior technical leaders who scan and interpret the external landscape, frame the long-range bets worth making, shape ambitious ideas into disciplined efforts, leverage technology strategies to drive real business outcomes for GE Aerospace, and own the outcomes of the programs they drive - transition to the business, expansion into larger internal or external investment, or a well-reasoned stop. The Senior Technical Fellow for Advanced Robotics & Autonomy will shape and own program outcomes in the ARO that convert advances in robotics, autonomy, and human-machine teaming into future business advantage for GE Aerospace on a horizon well beyond current product plans - typically 10 to 15+ years out, and in some cases further. The technical aperture is broad: robotics and autonomy will impact GE Aerospace in ways we can partly anticipate today (for example, advanced robotics applied to maintenance and manufacturing environments) and in ways that are not yet defined. This role is expected to identify and shape the highest-value opportunities - within and beyond currently framed areas - and to leverage technology strategy as a means to deliver business outcomes such as improved safety, quality, delivery, and cost. This is a technical leadership role without direct functional reports; influence is exerted through technical authority, program shaping, mentorship, and disciplined execution.

Ensure the safety of all people engaged in the technical scope of their work - including safety of humans working alongside robotic and autonomous systems - as fundamental to how we operate, above all else. Continuously scan and interpret the external landscape - academia, national labs, startups, competitors, and adjacent industries - and translate that view into a clear point of view on the long-range robotics and autonomy threats and opportunities most consequential to GE Aerospace, including areas well beyond today's product technology roadmap and in adjacent or emerging markets. Discover, curate, and drive revolutionary technological advancements in robotics, autonomy, and human-machine teaming that translate into high-impact business outcomes for GE Aerospace on a long (typically 10-15+ year, in some cases further) horizon. Shape and own program outcomes: define the technical thesis in terms of the business advantage it creates, retire key technical and adoption risks early, set aggressive but meaningful milestones, and drive operation, quality, and delivery to impact. Drive multi-disciplinary efforts that reach beyond the individual's own technical area of expertise - actively convening and integrating capabilities from other disciplines across GE Aerospace Research and beyond (for example, materials, manufacturing, aero-thermal, controls, systems, digital and AI, human factors, and others as needed) - recognizing that the highest-impact