Lead Airfoil Design Engineer (Onsite) P4

Date Posted:

2023-10-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW715: Asheville Site W Asheville Greenfield Site TBD , Asheville, NC, 28803 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building, and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. 

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country, or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire, and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole – best – selves at work because trust, respect, and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

Job Summary:

Pratt & Whitney Hot Section Engineering Support to Operations (HSE ESTO) is seeking a goal oriented, detail-focused Design Engineer to work for our Airfoil Design Team based in Asheville, NC. You will work closely with operations, quality, procurement, and engineering discipline subject matter experts (SMEs) to drive root cause investigations, develop associated corrective actions, and implement product and process improvements. You will prepare and present status and technical content to management and stakeholders.

This position provides an opportunity for visibility within both the product design and manufacturing leadership teams by being technical point of contact for all aspects of qualifying, delivering, and stabilizing product delivery of airfoils. In this role you will be involved with various production support activities related to military and commercial airfoils – acting as subject matter expert (SME).  You will be heading multi-disciplinary teams including employees from operations, quality, procurement, and engineering discipline SMEs to drive root cause investigations, develop associated corrective actions, and implement product and process improvements.

You will be navigating Cost of Poor-Quality initiatives and producibility improvement tasks while continuing to question current process and procedures to identify areas for improvement.  You will also develop Class II engineering change packages to improve quality, cost and producibility metrics, mentor junior engineers on blade & vane design and communicate & educate peers in operations, manufacturing engineering and quality on part functionality

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish best practices for defect assessment and defining “Right-size Analysis” through risk-based decision-making process.
• Address time critical quality issues to support engine and module delivery.
• Support engineering related efforts to meet shop and supplier MRP requirements.
• Incorporate Pro-Cert methodology and data motivated decision making manufacturing processes. Identify areas of waste within production support process.
• Lead efforts to eliminate repeat examination through proactively addressing repeat QNs. Capture ESTO producibility lessons learned.  Drive continuous improvement into product development cycle and design of next generation hardware. 
• Mentor & develop engineering talent

Must be a U.S. Citizen. This position may require access to systems/tools that are restricted to individuals who possess US citizenship

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of engineering experience, or an advanced degree in engineering and 5+ years of engineering experience
• Degree must be from an ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited school(s).
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• 8+ years’ experience working in the Aerospace Industry in a manufacturing environment with knowledge of aerospace turbine hardware – specifically blades and/or vanes
• Experience mentoring and developing engineering talent
• Process certification skillset (6 sigma), lean manufacturing or similar skillset
• Experience in production support role, industry 4.0, modernizing shop interaction with big data
• The ability to craft clear communication and build positive relationships with excellent interpersonal skills and cultural awareness

Travel: Less than 25%

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

Onsite: Employees who are working in onsite roles will work regularly onsite. This means that responsibilities of the job need to be performed onsite on a regular basis.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

This requisition is eligible for an employee referral award.  ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the referral award.

The salary range for this role is 96,000 USD – 200,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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