Principal Engineer, 6th Gen Digital, MB-Design (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2024-07-23

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 transform the future of flight once again—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?

What You Will Do:

The Model Based Design Principal Engineer, GATORWORKS 6th Gen Digital Transformation will play a key role in advancing the Program’s capability by executing the Digital for 6th Gen (D6G) Roadmap to mature new digital solutions that reimagine our core business processes so we can deliver world-class propulsion programs faster and more efficiently than our competition.  We are seeking a highly collaborative individual to support our Digital Enterprise capability demonstration team to further strengthen digital transformation throughout Military Programs.

GATORWORKS was established to meet an ambitious and urgent goal: To cut the cost and lead-time of P&W Technology and Product Development. We have already demonstrated that it is possible to achieve this objective through a combination of Agile practices, Dedicated teams, Digital Technology, and Innovative thinking.

To accomplish these goals, we are building an Agile, Empowered, and High performing cross functional team to demonstrate multiple model-based capabilities on a program to further digitize development.  The MB-Design Engineer will work alongside various Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from the requirements phase through design to manufacturing and inspection to validation all leveraging the latest digital capabilities to solve problems.

As the Capability Demonstration Model Based Design Engineer, you will be a key member in an Agile team implementing our digital future state alongside P&Ws best engineers. This role will require the ability to interact with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders to execute the digital roadmap and will require you to bridge across disciplines performing cross functional work to ensure the team delivers on its commitments.

The position will report to the GATORWORKS Director, 6th Gen Digital Strategy. This hybrid role is based in East Hartford, CT. On-site work is expected 3 days a week initially and is expected to increase during the first year. 

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Identify Model Based Design and Analysis requirements to implement digital thread between Model Based Engineering (MBE) disciplines.
• Perform FEA to validate the structural, thermal, or aerodynamic performance of components and systems.
• Pre-process design data to prepare FEA jobs to High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and manage job execution.
• Prepare detailed reports and presentations for stakeholders, highlighting key findings and potential improvements.
• Collaborate with design and CIPT to provide insights and recommendations based on analysis results.
• Work on integrations between PLM and CAD platforms and other enterprise systems (including MBSE, ERP, MES) to enable end-to-end data connectivity across the Digital Enterprise.
• Work in an Agile Cross-functional environment to deliver on sprint and increment commitments.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 8+ years’ experience in Aerospace or Automotive industries are preferred, or, advanced degree with 5+ years’ years’ experience in Aerospace or Automotive industries are preferred.
• Ability to travel to domestic and international internal and external customer sites up to 50%.
• The ability t