Principal AI Engineer

Job Description Summary

As a Principal Data Scientist, you will lead and work within teams as a technical domain expert addressing machine learning and artificial intelligence problems in a commercial technology and consultancy development environment. You will be part of a data science or cross-disciplinary team driving AI business solutions involving large, complex data sets. Potential application areas include time series forecasting, machine learning regression and classification, root cause analysis (RCA), simulation and optimization, large language models, and computer vision. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and deploying machine learning models in production environments. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively and mentor junior data engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsible for the acquisition, design, manipulation, examination & presentation of data; including: creation of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics; as well as data management. Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

Abilities

• Influence EBs and below on their decisions.
• Sets technology strategy and roadmap.
• Designs and influences enterprise wide data in context of application domain, generation of data, and end use of data.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD from accredited university or college with minimum of 10 years of professional experience OR bachelor degree with minimum of 12 years of professional experience
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Eligibility Requirement

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Soft Skills

• Change Agent - Identifies opportunities for necessary changes and pursues/leads them when appropriate. Evaluates progress and involves peers and team members in analyzing strengths and weaknesses in performance. Works with executive stakeholders to embrace the implications of change. Recommends changes that impact strategic business direction. Leads the planning and implementation of change programs that impact critical processes. Subdivides major deliverables into smaller, manageable components and re-appropriates existing solutions to new requirements and situations. Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to add value to GE. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address problems.
• Collaboration - Establishes a baseline of objectivity for team. Drives the team toward the organizational objectives. Builds team structure to leverage the strengths of individuals in carrying breadth or depth in capabilities to form a cohesive whole. Introduces company-wide tools for improving collaboration, productivity and building strong communities. Participates in company and industry conferences/ boards. Introduces new methodologies for working across the company. Identifies and forecasts evolving needs of the team/company.
• Comfort in Ambiguity - Acts and decides appropriately when all available information may not be possible to obtain. Makes decisions and course corrects as a result of the feedback from those decisions. Presents results with alternatives and scenarios. Creates new tools and methods for gaining data and driving clarity. Supports the team to drive through ambiguity.
• Communication - Creates stories and utilizes two-way communications. Communicates functional strategy and roadmap with detail for teams to utilize. Describes functional area information to leaders. Coaches others on presentation skills. Collaborates with leadership on mediums and messages that drive the intended direction of the organization with measurable results. Determines the need for theoretical explanations vs. a business actionable answer in a presentation.
• Consulting - Leads partnership with clients to define/determine the scope of engagement. Identifies business and technology trends. Advises senior leaders on planning opportunities and implementation considerations for strategic investments. Uses formal techniques of facilitation and analysis to assist leadership in criterion based decision-making and strategic planning.
• Curiosity/Creativity - Removes barriers and constraints that block the creativity of self & others (e.g.creates open idea forums, solicits new processes, etc.).Inspires continuous learning and stimulation of thought. Champions progression of ideas to solutions through simplicity and speed.
• Decision Making & Risk Management - Participates in the creation of company-wide risk management strategies. Works with senior business leaders to communicate risks, impact, and mitigation plans for the business. Applies best practices to take calculated risks. Takes risks and learns from failures. Encourages ideas from others that may include risk but may provide great gains for the organization.
• Influence - Influences through others, including by use of experts or other third parties. Builds direct and ""behind the scenes"" support for ideas. Foresees downstream consequences and tailors communication strategy to support a positive outcome.
• Problem Solving - Predicts problems and proactively converts them in to business opportunities or minimizes business risk for the company. Builds, coaches and develops a team & culture of proactive problem solving. Removes roadblocks. Knows when & where to place bets, when to reuse and when to persevere.

_This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not U.S. lawful permanent residents, U.S. Citizens, or have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), employment will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

_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: No

• This is a remote position