Hole Drill Manufacturing Engineer (Onsite)

RTX•East Hartford, CT

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Pratt & Whitney is seeking an experienced, proactive, and goal-oriented professional for a Laser Hole Drill and Airflow Process Manufacturing Engineer role. This position would require that the candidate provides technical ownership of hole drill processes in a unionized aerospace manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for process development, sustainment, and continuous improvement while working in partnership with represented hourly employees, operations leadership, and other supporting organizations. This engineering position is responsible for laser hole drill processes, airflow inspection process, and other cooling hole inspection methods.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in engineering required w/2+ years’ experience.
Preference: Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Metallurgical Engineering or Material Science
US Citizenship is required
GD&T, blueprint reading
Siemens NX – Drafting, modeling, CAM NC Programming
Tool design
Statistical Process Control
Strong Project Management skills
Lean Manufacturing, ACE, CORE, Six Sigma, Red X, RCCA, problem solving, process control methodologies
Process knowledge
NDT inspection techniques (FPI, X-ray).
General knowledge of NC machines, spindles, axis, drives, scales (FANUC or Siemens)
Technical writing, communications skills
J/C Export Control Knowledge

Responsibilities

Develop, optimize, and sustain laser drilling processes for turbine blade airfoil components.
Owner of end-to-end laser process which also includes airflow, thermal imaging system, laser prep, etc...
Support airflow inspection processes throughout the shop.
Define process parameters, tooling, fixtures in accordance with established engineering design.
Provide on-floor technical support and troubleshooting in collaboration with operations.
Create, maintain, and improve PFMEA and control plans for grind process.
Lead process capability improvements, scrap reduction, and yield improvement initiatives.
Author and maintain process work instructions for robust processing standards.
Support new product introduction (NPI) and process qualification activities.
Partner with Quality Engineering to ensure compliance with AS9100, and internal standards
Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
Identify & implement process optimization & control methods to eliminate/prevent quality turn backs /escapes and reduce overall product costs.
Use statistical analysis tools to perform Root cause analysis and corrective actions on non-conforming product.
Self-discipline to work collaboratively and independently, follow-through to fully document problem statements, observations, conclusions, calculations, and recommendations.
Lead significant projects critical to improve manufacturing process capability & quality performance.
Participate in manufacturing process councils that drive systemic process improvements through baselining current process performance and developing continuous improvement actions to improve process standards.
Drive manufacturing process technology development, including process modeling, through identification of opportunities to advancing MRL through to production implementation.
Participate in manufacturing reviews, cold starts, new product introduction and manufacturing standard work improvements.
Manage yield improvements and new geometry introduction, while working on Identify lead-time/cost reduction & waste elimination opportunities in the supply base.