Engineer I: Coatings Manufacturing Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-05-08

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

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.

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

The Pratt & Whitney Hot Section Module Center (HSMC) Manufacturing Engineering Organization is seeking a highly motivated individual to support the production of turbine airfoils. Position is located at Advanced Coatings Technologies in Middletown New York (part of HSMC-South). The candidate will work in the air plasma coatings area programming robots to ceramic coat turbine airfoils.

What You Will You Do:

Duties and responsibilities:

• Day-to-day leadership, direction & coordination of Pratt & Whitney support organizations and suppliers focusing on application of advanced coating systems
• Process development, staffing and training, as well as the installation and startup of advanced coating equipment, which includes surface preparation and overlay coating finishing equipment
• Create technical requirements and optimize process parameters required to support the overlay coating processes
• Support and setup of the organizational infrastructure within the manufacturing environment ranging from business data collection and design of suitable metrics to characterize plant performance, to the operational details of material and part flow during the advanced coating process
• Policy creation and deployment in the areas of EHS, lean manufacturing, quality, cost reduction, and customer satisfaction
• Keep current on status and recent developments in the plant / industry / profession
• Embrace ACE, promote principles and contribute to achieving/maintaining goals as a team
• Ensure World Class safety culture is maintained and respond to all EH&S requirements promptly
• Promote corporate code of ethical standards and business practice and company policies

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Advanced degree in Manufacturing, Military, Aerospace or Aviation industry; OR Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 6 months of relevant experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science, Mechanical, Industrial or Chemical Engineering.
• Knowledge of Aerospace manufacturing and understanding of technical data requirements
• Working knowledge of shop practices, policies, and procedures governing manufacturing engineering support requirements as well as work instruction documentation for manufacturing processes
• Experience with thermal barrier coatings (Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition-EBPVD) or plasma spraying process (Air Plasma Spray-APS).
• Experienced in teach-pendant and robotic programming.
• Experience with problem-solving tools such as root cause and corrective actions (RCCA)
• Project management experience and ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles, and continuous improvement tools (CORE/ACE/SixSigma).
• Minimum GPA of 3.0  

Learn More & Apply Now:

This position is classified as onsite. Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

The salary range for this role is 55,000 USD - 107,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimat