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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

Hot Section Engineering (HSE) is seeking a dynamic Principal Structures Engineer (P4) to join the team. As a team member, you will perform stateof-the-art finite element analysis for stress, vibration, determination of low and high cycle fatigue life, and residual life (fracture mechanics) predictions. Additionally, as Principal Structures Engineers will mentor and assist on the technical development of teammates and will be asked to lead small structures teams on tasks. You will be an active member in cross-discipline integrated product teams, often as the structures lead, to provide advanced structural design solutions that balance performance, cost, schedule, and quality requirements. Candidates must demonstrate a strong mechanical aptitude to understand the interactions of complex assemblies and how to translate those interactions into sound analytical assumptions. Additionally, you will be asked to participate in initiatives for continuous improvement. Overall, this position will provide opportunities to apply your engineering acumen, creativity, and bring leadership skills to bear in different phases of the design process. The Principal Structures Engineer position offers growth opportunities to become a future leader by giving visibility throughout the leadership chain, from CIPT (Component Integrated Product Team), to PCE (Program Chief Engineer), P&W executives, and external customers. Thus, it requires candidates be able to create and provide impactful, persuasive technical presentations and clear substantiation documentation.

• Develop and incorporate new ways to advance technology and improve processes as an individual and as a team contributor.

• Embrace a continuous improvement philosophy.

• Ability to write clear substantiation documentation, as well as to create and provide impactful, persuasive technical presentations to internal and external customers.

• Develop and sustain a healthy work relationship based on mutual trust with peers, internal and external customers where significant interaction is expected.

• Manage increase workload and changes in priorities by utilizing project management skills.

• Attend and have participation in group meetings, teleconferences and/or training required. Based on business needs, the incumbent may be required to support other duties/functions within the company.

• Based on business needs, the incumbent may be required to support other duties/functions within the company and have availability to travel up to 10.

• English (read, write, speak) is required when communicating with customers, co-workers, or supervisors who only speak English.

Must be a U.S. Citizen. This position may require access to systems/tools that are restricted to individuals who possess US citizenship

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• 8 years of structural engineering experience, or an Advanced degree in Engineering with 5 years of structural engineering experience.

• 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

• Active US Government Security Clearance.

• Experience with ANSYS Mechanical / Workbench, ABAQUS, Siemens NX, MATLAB, Python, Nastran, and MS Office.

• Experience in structural finite element methods and programs, also structural analysis experience.

• Experience with testing, design, and analysis of composite materials.

• Experience working in the Aerospace Industry, especially gas turbine experience

What We Offer:

• Employee Scholar Program

Learn More & Apply Now!

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:

• Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. This means that responsibilities of the job need to be performed onsite on a regular basis.

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.

This requisition is eligible for an employee referral award.  ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the referral award.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.  

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