Principal Assembly Equipment Project Engineer (On-Site)

Date Posted:

2024-09-12

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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.

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:

Plan and develop tooling methods for the assembly, disassembly, inspection, repair, and test of Pratt & Whitney commercial and military jet engines. Project Engineer must exercise a high degree of initiative and judgment during the development of assembly tooling. You will analyze, plan and establish tool requirements to support assembly and disassembly of validation and production engines and modules. Must be a U.S. Citizen. This position may require access to systems/tools that are restricted to individuals who possess US citizenship.

*East Hartford, CT, Middletown, CT, and West Palm Beach, FL may be considered for the work site depending upon location of the selected candidate. *

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze, plan and establish tool requirements to support assembly/disassembly of validation/production engines/modules.
• Develop concepts for assembly/disassembly procedures.
• Manage project tasks to ensure tooling is delivered on time and within budget.
• Participate in P&W Integrated Product Teams (IPT) to help ensure assembly tooling designs can be produced, supported and maintained.
• Interface with customer and supplier representatives to identify requirements and resolve assembly tooling related issues.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering or engineering technology with 8+ years of engineering experience required, or, an advanced degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Technology and 5 years of engineering experience required. 
• 2+ yrs experience and ability to interpret and work from engineering and tool drawings.
• 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.

Qualifications we Prefer:

• Knowledge and experience with Project Management toolsets (e.g., Agile, SAP, Primavera, or MS Project) and experience using and navigating Teamcenter and Unigraphics/NX.
• Understanding of manufacturing practices, jet engine assembly/disassembly and maintenance procedures.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams, budgets, and schedules while balancing the ability to solve technical problems with minimal direction.
• Ability to interface effectively with both internal and external customers utilizing solid communication skills.
• Active Security Clearance.

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

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.

This position is open to internal applicants only within Pratt & Whitney Engineering.  To help shore up our military programs, we are looking to reallocate resources to USG direct charging roles and therefore consider this to be an internal to Pratt Engineering movement.  We may look to open these opportunities upon more broadly once we complete the initial Pr