Principal Structures Engineer (P4) - Hybrid

Date Posted:

2023-03-02

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

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?

Pratt & Whitney is seeking a Principal Structures Engineer to support our East Hartford, CT campus.   

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, deploy, and support world class efficient lifing systems & structural analysis tools to enable safe, reliable designs.
• Analysis, research & development of structural engineering specification involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for product design, or operation of product to include structures, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronics, power plant, armament, heating & ventilating, equipment & maintenance designs.
• Analysis of damage tolerance, durability, design allowables and structural modeling. Specific structural engineering specialties may include dynamics and loads, stability & stress fatigue, and thermal analysis.
• Pre/Post Test Data Processing & Fatigue Analysis Guidance.
• Vibration, Aeromechanic & Probabilistic Analysis Guidance.
• Material Characterization Planning.
• HCF Capability Definition & Application Guidance.
• Provide vibration, fatigue & fracture mechanics expertise to support internal & external customers on structural engineering of new designs, engine development plans, and production / field issues.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Materials Degree or in a related Engineering degree and 8+ years of prior relevant engineering experience, OR
• Advanced Degree in a related field and 5+ years of prior relevant engineering experience.
• US Citizenship required due to government programs.
• Travel up 5%

Preferred Qualifications:

Level Description:

• Manage moderately sized projects or processes.
• Responsible for deliverables requiring cross functional understanding & integration.
• Typically viewed as an expert within discipline. Has advanced to expert knowledge of work area. Minimal oversight from manager.
• Work with subject matter experts and/or chiefs on discipline related challenges.
• Coach, review, and delegate work to lower level professionals. Influences others regarding policies, practices & procedures.
•  Attend and have participation in group meetings, teleconferences and/or training required.
• Actively participate in initiatives for continuous improvement using CORE tools and support AS9100 certification efforts. Become a CORE Apprentice.
• Support project management activities. Based on business needs, the incumbent may be required to support other duties/functions within the company.

Organizational Impact

• Work to achieve day to day objectives with significant impact on work area.
• Contribute to the development of goals of the discipline & planning efforts.
• Capable of setting and meeting deliverables. Is a team lead and technical mentor, holds team to standard for documentation and technical quality.
• Lead technical small group meetings & may manage moderately sized projects or processes with moderate impact on the achievement of discipline results.
• Provide measurable input to new products, processes or standards in operational plans to implement business strategies.
• Contribute to engineering standard work and creates best practices & training content. May have broad knowledge of project management.

Problem Solving & Complexity

• Ability to make moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of work area.
• Make decisions with appropriate level of technical & analytical backing while communicating the decision clearly.

Communication & Influence

• Communicate with parties within & outside of own discipline.
• Explain verbally & written, exactly the steps to replicate what they did, what their result is, how it relates to other EDSI & engineering disciplines.
• Communicate with parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.).
• Influence parties within and outside of the job function at an operational level regarding policies, procedures, and practices.
• Capable of changing/adapting plans and communicating new plans, risk assessments and decisions to relevant parties.
• Qualitatively or quantitatively answer questions real time in meetings in their subject area or for potential impacts to other areas

Role Type: 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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