Senior Principal Systems Design Engineer (P5) - Onsite

Date Posted:

2025-04-21

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?

Pratt & Whitney's Engine Design & Systems Integration (EDSI) team is seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented, and results-driven Senior Principal Systems Design Engineer to support groups in implementing technical product improvements, resolving field issues, investigating field events, ensuring safety and reliability, and read across to engine programs. The selected candidate will be the primary engineering overall customer technical contact to resolve day-to-day issues affecting fleet and sustainment support, and will work closely to develop mid/long-term strategic initiatives to address unplanned engine removals, improve engine efficiency, and address fleet safety items. The selected candidate will be responsible to integrate and execute systems design deliverables. This position is highly interdisciplinary and team-oriented, requiring excellent communication and collaboration skills and self-motivation.

What You Will Do:

• Define and manage mechanical configuration, integration, development, and validation to meet system requirements for loads, balance, rotor dynamics, secondary flow, bearing architecture, and RMS.
• Lead system physical architecture definition (bearing architecture, load path, subsystem layout, RMS, survivability) for new and derivative engines.
• Own design for RMS and system-level FMECA engagement.
• Establish and drive Trade studies with heavy mechanical/physical engagement.
• Own mechanical/physical system risks and create and drive mitigation plans to closure.
• Lead/coordinate technical resolution of mechanical/physical issues with airframers.
• Own Ultimate Failure Strategies/Hazard Management plans and mitigations.
• Own design for assembly and axial gapping analysis.
• Oversee rotor balance system implementation and radial clearance assessments.
• Serve as EDSI POC for mechanical SSIPT’s (Clearance, Oil, Secondary Air System).
• Manage system-level analysis and design for loads/rotor dynamics.
• Manage system-level analysis and design for thrust balance.
• Develop well-rounded systems engineers.
• Travel up to 10%.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• A Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) degree and 10 years of mechanical engineering design/design integration experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and 7 years of mechanical engineering design/design integration experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Key technical skills leveraged by System Design engineers include mechanical design, structures, heat transfer, data analysis, probability and statistics, manufacturing, assembly, vibration, aerodynamics, secondary flow, duct losses, product definition, concept optimization, trade studies, system level root cause, ultimate failure strategy identification, balance, multidisciplinary design optimization.
• Competent in one or more of the following engineering disciplines: design, project, structures, or functional integration.
• Practical experience with systems-level analysis tools and methods, and how integrated to other Systems Design objectives (e.g. structural rotating part lifing, turbine durability, general structural integrity, clearance and gapping assessments).
• Knowledge of project management.
• Knowledge of configuration management (BOM, Teamcenter).
• Ability to ident