Senior Engineer, Draft/Prod Def - Instrumentation Design (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-06-25

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW102: Middletown Aircraft Rd P.O. Box 611, Middletown, CT, 06457 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

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?

What You Will Do

Instrumentation Design Engineering (IDE) within the Development Operations department is seeking an experienced drafting / product definition professional. Our group designs some of the most advanced instrumentation ranging from accelerometer brackets, major station probes, blade tip clearance probes and slip ring packages through optical blade tip timing probes and fan blade out packages. Our hardware is used to collect data during the testing of every engine in the Pratt and Whitney portfolio. Employee will work collaboratively with the instrumentation design staff to capture design intent using standard product definition methodologies.

• Plan, draw, and revise detail part, assembly, and installation drawings.

• Perform product definition via conventional 2D drafting practices as well as 3D Model-Based Design (MBD) methodologies

• Review, mark-up, and approve drawings for product definition content of all design staff.

• Review and approve Teamcenter design task releases for product definition and required content.

• Coach/train/mentor design practitioners to improve collective product definition competency.

• Support Configuration management activities including creating Bill-of-Equipment (BOE) for engine builds, revising existing part numbers, and release of instrumentation tasks.

• Author/edit instrumentation design product definition Engineering Standard Work (ESW)

• Travel is up to 10%.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelors in STEM

• 5 years of experience in design, drafting or product definition or an Advanced degree in STEM with 3 years of experience or in Lieu of degree 9 years of experience.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with gas turbine engine design and/or instrumentation design

• Experience with Model-Based Design / Product Definition 

• Experience with UG NX modeling and drafting tools

• Experience with Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) tools

• Knowledge Understanding of of P&W Drafting Room Manual

• ASME Y14.5 standards, including Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

What We Offer:

• Employee Scholar Program

Learn More & Apply Now!

• Development Operations provides services to support future products for global commercial airlines, industrial partners and military customers. Services include Assembly, Instrumentation and Test of engines and rigs and the associated facilities, hardware, data systems, software and technology to support this. Development Operations delivers our services in a safe, efficient and sustainable environment.

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 primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

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.