Discipline Chief, Process Chemistry & Surface Engineer (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2023-02-27-08:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW100: East Hartford 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

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?

Department Overview:

The Process Chemistry & Surface Engineering group is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to act as a discipline leader (commonly known as a Discipline Chief) and an individual contributor. In this role, you will evaluate, develop, and qualify processes with a focus on surface treatments for corrosion and adhesion applications for gas turbine engine components. You will interface with internal and external customers to define requirements, provide expert consultation, plan, and execute test plans, analyze results, author technical reports, and create/revise material and process specifications. In addition, you must be adept at creating, advocating for, and executing technology development programs, whether with internal P&W customers or US Government agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Self-starter with an exceptionally high level of motivation and initiative, with strong interpersonal, written, presentation, and oral communication skills. In addition, you must be able to work effectively on cross functional teams to achieve the team goals.
• Demonstrated ability for problem solving and have strong analytical skills, which includes the ability to participate in and lead technical root cause investigations.
• Proficient in relevant manufacturing processes, such as cleaning, abrasive blasting, anodization, priming, plating, etc. along with the associated quality controls and functional tests to ensure conformance to defined engineering requirements.
• Must have a deep knowledge of the fundamental physics and chemistry surrounding corrosion mechanisms and adhesive bonding, and understand the impact of chemistry, processing, and environment on material performance and durability. With that knowledge, the discipline leader will identify, develop, and validate novel testing protocols as well as modeling capabilities to better predict component durability (i.e., corrosion resistance) in the various field environments that our gas turbine engines operate.
• Work with the discipline manager to ensure the discipline is healthy regarding capability (in skills, tools, and lab equipment) and capacity. As such, the discipline leader will be an active mentor for knowledge transfer and employee development of those in the discipline while also updating the standard work/procedures based on lessons learned, while also advocating for formal knowledge capture via technical reports stored in a modern knowledge management system.
• Requires expert or mastery level knowledge of work area, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• May have deep knowledge of project management.
• Advanced knowledge of related disciplines within work area and ability to identify links and potential impact on projects, programs, or systems.
• 10% Travel Required

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience with aerospace development and qualification of surface treatments/preparation (i.e., cleaning methods, priming, anodic treatment, plating, corrosion protection) in a manufacturing environment, OR
• An Advanced Degree in a related field and 7+ years of relevant experience
• US Citizen due to government contracts

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
• 7+ years’ experience with aerospace development and qualification of surface treatments/preparation
• Familiarity with engineering development and technology development processes
• Highly motivated, able to work across organizational boundaries.
• Ability to craft clear communication and develop meaningful relationships.

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:

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. 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.

Raytheon Technologies 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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