Sr. Principle Engineer, Rotor Repair Designer (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2023-01-10-08:00

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. Aftermarket & Sustainment Engineering (ASE) is looking for a Lead Repair Design Engineer (RDE) to support all Commercial Engine Rotor Overhaul and Repair. This position focuses on evaluating non-conforming hardware reported by our customers and shops, followed by authoring required technical data for repair execution. The selected candidate will design these repairs, establish milestone plans, and will be responsible for the coordination of external/internal approvals, including FAA regulatory approval, and repair source approval requirements if necessary. This position provides a great opportunity to have a tangible effect on P&W’s aftermarket business and impact on P&W’s airline customers. This position requires innovative and collaborative engineering skills along with onsite office and shop floor hands-on experience. Significant interaction with internal and external customers as well as other engineering disciplines is expected; excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential. The Lead RDE will work closely with other ASE and OEM Design and Structures Leads, and other engineering disciplines to make the necessary technical decisions and repair design that meet the safety, quality, and customer needs. Management and organization will also provide expert guidance and support of career growth, proficiency development, identifying future opportunities, and employee well-being.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research operating environments and functionality of rotor and turbine components, interactions with mating parts; develop strategies which will return nonconformance hardware back to service via development of repairs technical requirement.
• Establish repair concepts, design and FAA validation substantiation requirements for technical dialog or engineering authorizations relating to repairs.
• Authoring part level and assembly level component repairs and other technical data / procedures.
• Research and review source processes for alignment to published technical data. Analyze rotor operating trends and develop innovative repair strategies.
• Obtain internal technical approvals, FAA regulatory approval and coordination with the end user.
• Support investigations of engine field events requiring safety risk analysis, root cause and corrective actions as it relates to repair. Utilize modeling tools to understand critical rotor characteristics and generating figures and other repair requirements
• Continuously develop or improve repair development processes and Engineering Standard Work
• Participate in a multi-discipline organization to establish repair design requirements for new OEM Hardware. Provide routine status reports to customers and management through various channels.
• Interface with technical, project and program management to secure priorities and understand programmatic issues

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• 8 years of related experience or an advanced degree with five years of experience.
• US Citizenship due to government contracts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of or preferably experience with manufacturing processes such as, machining, plating, plasma spray, or brazing.
• Experience in an aerospace overhaul environment such as assembly and disassemble of aircraft power plants is also desired.
• Able to manage numerous projects, and organization skills. Assertive and results-oriented with good problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of FAA Regulation is plus.
• Desire to expand engineering proficiency with excellent written and oral communication

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.

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