Senior Patent Counsel

Job Description Summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a Senior Patent Counsel to strategically identify and develop high quality IP assets directed to GE Aerospace's technological differentiation in the marketplace, and craft IP strategies that protect our competitive advantage.

Perfect for a seasoned IP practitioner who can design, lead, and execute pace-setting global strategies for developing and managing strategically impactful IP assets in a range of technologies, including aero-mechanical and propulsion systems, avionics, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, semiconductors, software, data science, prognostics and diagnostics, and electrical power systems. The role will report into the GE Aerospace's IP Asset Development team, which is a core function of the GE Aerospace's IP Team.

The role requires a candidate currently residing in the Cincinnati Ohio area or willing to relocate.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Align GE Aerospace's IP strategy with its market strategy, and / or provide leadership in the management of GE Aerospace's growing portfolio of patents, trade secrets, and technical know-how.
• Proactively and routinely engage with commercial and / or technical leaders to drive opportunities to leverage IP to enhance the ability of GE Aerospace to win in the marketplace, and / or R&D committees to cultivate, harvest, and evaluate invention disclosures.
• Develop and own a multi-year strategy for each assigned value-stream (products, services, enabling technologies, and state-of-the-art R&D), including short-term (current year) and long-term (5-20 year) goals for each.
• Collaborate to refine and execute the strategy for each value-stream, translating business and product-level strategy to a plan for each individual IP asset, with the goal of maximizing asset potential above minimum viable attributes.
• Translate legal assessment of the GE Aerospace's IP relative to competitor IP into actionable business insights.
• Create a tactical roadmap for development and integration of new IP assets, including by identifying the features and characteristics that drive differentiating and blocking effect, and leading the harvesting of new inventions, and / or managing patent preparation and prosecution by outside patent counsel, both in the U.S. and internationally.
• Identify and / or support opportunities and initiatives to monetize GE Aerospace's IP, including by directing the development of IP assets that are commercially valuable in the aerospace and other industries.
• Collaborate with other IP professionals to maximize the potential of each individual IP asset to enhance our competitive advantage.
• Lead and contribute to initiatives for increasing productivity and enhancing quality in the internal processes and tools governing management GE Aerospace's IP assets.
• Contribute to IP forecasting and budgeting cycle deliverables, and provide effective stewardship of resource allocations.
• Contribute to IP asset development training within GE Aerospace, including training for inventors, paraprofessionals and other IP team members.

Basic Qualifications :

Desired Characteristics :

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 : Yes

About Us

At GE Aerospace, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. At GE Aerospace, respect for people is core to our culture and commitment to FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model. We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent from all backgrounds and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential. For the people of GE Aerospace, their work isn't just a job. It's their passion and purpose. We work and win as one team, accountable to each other and our customers, and we are always finding a better way to climb higher together. We were meant to fly.

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