Leadership Development Program - Engineering (Starts June 2025) (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-08-27

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

• Recruiting now for programs beginning June 2025
• Our two-year, rotational Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) provides challenging opportunities via short-term work assignments across the enterprise as you move to locations around the U.S.A.
• Not willing/able to relocate to a new state every eight (8) months while in program?  Check out RTX Careers for other great opportunities
• Receive high-caliber training, mentoring & guidance from RTX leaders, current & alumni LDPs to build a strong lasting global network
• Program intended for internal RTX interns/co-ops, & external entry level professionals looking to create value & grow their career at RTX
• Pratt & Whitney's Advanced Concepts group is responsible for evaluating and exploring new aircraft engine concepts, architectures and technologies. In this group you will discover and develop new concepts for commercial engines to enable sustainable and zero-carbon flight and advanced military propulsion concepts that enable new war-fighting paradigms.
• This position provides the flexibility to work across commercial and military organizations and make novel discoveries to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

What You Will Do

• Stretch your capabilities and enhance learning with frontline, hands-on assignments
• Relocate to different RTX cities/states while in program to broaden your exposure to the business and further develop your leadership and functional skills and business acumen
• Originate and evaluate propulsion concepts where thermodynamic cycles work in concert with hybrid electric and aircraft elements to meet key requirements. 
• Coordinate with various Pratt & Whitney engineering disciplines, Collins Aerospace, RTRC and global partners to assess the viability of concepts and components.   
• Support a diverse team of experts in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, design and durability. 
• Summarize design and analysis results for leadership and external customer briefings.
• Conduct assessments of energy cost and investment needs

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate degree in Engineering: Aerospace, Mechanical; degree must be obtained between December 2024 - May 30, 2025
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
• Cumulative 3.0 GPA

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with aircraft propulsion and gas turbines
• Experience in Thermodynamic cycle analysis, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Aerodynamics, Data analytics, or Project engineering

What We Offer

• RTX leadership, functional and business acumen training
• Upon program completion, LDP graduates possess a solid platform of skills & experiences to launch a successful RTX career & receive continued mentorship

Learn More & Apply Now! 

• Click to hear directly from some of our recent LDPs.  
• Applicants MUST be willing/able to relocate for all rotations & have flexibility to travel/live anywhere.   
• Click and scroll to download a LDP Overview and map of onsite locations

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.

The salary range for this role is - . The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, locati