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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, 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:

In this role you will support the instrumentation efforts across the entire engine build for both military and commercial engines in our Instrumentation Lab based in West Palm Beach, FL. This includes applying instrumentation (i.e., pressures, temperatures, strain gages, accelerometers) to piece-part hardware, assisting with routing and securing of instrumentation during the assembly of the engine, working engine dress, packing egress fittings, routing, terminating, and troubleshooting sensors during build and test. You will work closely with other technicians, instrumentation engineers, assembly, and test teams.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Read and execute instrumentation installation drawings.
• Install applied sensors such as pressures, thermocouples, strain gages, and accelerometers to piece-part hardware.
• Assist assembly with routing and management of instrumentation leads.
• Engine instrumentation -- routing, bundling, and securing leads to jump-off points.
• Installing and packing egress fittings.
• Termination of instrumentation leads to connectors and panels.
• Troubleshooting and repairing instrumentation.
• Effective communication between shifts on job status (daily carryover).

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• AA/AS degree in Electronics/Engineering (or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 6 years of engineering and technical support experience.
  • Experience in sensor wiring, terminations, egress, and troubleshooting is required. Sensor types include but are not limited to strain gages, accelerometers, pressure transducers, and thermocouples.
• Must be able to work a significant amount of overtime and up to 10 travel.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer: 

• Experience with pressure and thermocouple installation.
• Experience with strain gage installations using epoxies and ceramic cements.
• Familiar with lead routing and securing methods for both hard and soft wires.
• Knowledge of egress fittings and connector terminations.
• Demonstrated capability of sensor system troubleshooting and repair.
• Experience with installing instrumentation on rotating engine hardware.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications and SAP.

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

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 44,000 USD - 102,000 USD. 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, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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