Manager, CDS Electrical Controls (EC) Hardware Product Center - Associate Director M6

RTX•East Hartford, CT

20h•$157,200 - $298,800•Onsite

About The Position

The CDS Electrical Controls (EC) Hardware (H/W) Product Center is seeking to build critical expertise in the design, development, validation, and production support of Full Authority Digital Electronic Controls (FADEC), sensors, effectors, harnesses, electrical subsystems, and other electrical components. The EC Product Center Manager needs to have a strong systems and project background, as well as deep technical and analytical knowledge of the key discriminators in the down-select and technical development of highly accurate and reliable electrical control and sensing systems. The EC Product Center Manager also needs to have a security clearance to provide support for the development of competitive new electrical control systems for sixth-generation military applications. Finally, the EC Product Center Manager must be well-respected in this area of expertise to maintain and further develop a good working relationship with our Collins Power and Controls FADEC and Electrical Systems provider. CDS is seeking an Associate Director, Electrical Controls Hardware Product Center, a.k.a. EC H/W Product Center (PC) Manager, to lead a critical subdiscipline group within the CSEE organization. CSEE engineers architect, design, and develop game-changing control systems that implement the control subsystems and hardware necessary to achieve customer and business value as defined by our products’ engine performance, fuel consumption, operability, noise, emissions, and time on wing; and through unmatched customer support, all in an environmentally responsible manner. They also work across all CDS subdisciplines to help achieve program objectives of the CDS CIPT. EC H/W PC engineers work the entire system life cycle from 1) control system technology development, 2) interpreting customer requirements, decomposing them to hardware and software, 3) technical and project oversight of hardware implementation, to 4) ensuring control system compliance across engine, flight, and customer compliance testing, and finally, 5) leading system and hardware field issue triage and resolution. EC H/W PC engineers work collaboratively with industry partners, including key suppliers and customers, in a team environment, to advance the technology readiness level of emerging electrical and electronic systems and components. EC H/W PC engineers support the concept design definition, system integration, prototype testing, and product detail design development, certification, and validation, both for systems and components. EC H/W PC engineers support technical proposals, cost estimates, concept trade-off analysis, and modeling, in support of advanced electrical and electronic subsystem projects.

Requirements

Bachelors' Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
12 years engineering experience or an advanced Degree with 10 years prior engineering experience.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or an advanced degree in Electrical, Electronics or Computer engineering
Successful application of analytical skills to solve complex engineering problems
Solid track record of achieving results
Outstanding cross discipline communication skills
Recognized expertise and experience in feedback control, model predictive control, and real-time optimization
Expertise in transient engine operation and engine performance
Model-based systems engineering
Subject matter expertise in Real-time modeling of engine dynamics and estimation of engine health (digital twin)
Requires deep management and leadership knowledge to lead cross-department project teams or manage across multiple related departments.
Industrial or academic experience demonstrating interest in feedback control system design and frequency domain analysis
Experience developing physics-based models of turbo-machinery components by applying principles and methods from thermodynamics, aerodynamics, and heat transfer and integrating component models into an overall engine model.
Experience designing and analyzing estimation algorithms by applying methods and tools from multi-input multi-output dynamical linear system and estimation theories.
Experience with statistical models and methods for modeling various uncertainty types and for processing simulation results and data.
Experience with implementation and simulation of models and estimators in engineering computational environments such as Matlab/Simulink.
Experience in physics-based modeling of gas turbine engines
Experience developing physics-based dynamic models for system analysis and design.

Responsibilities

Identifying state-of-the-art, cost effective, reliable and safe electrical system architectures, creating alternative system design concepts, in support of hardware system technical trade studies to select the best design.
Developing electrical system & subsystem requirements to meet platform level metrics.
Driving electrical system and component design solutions to optimize performance, cost, reliability and weight.
Promoting the development of validated, physics-based electrical system models.
Review analyses for functional requirement decomposition and requirement validation.
Supporting validation and verification that the electrical system hardware and software design is properly built and integrated on the target hardware.
Monitoring component reliability & life cycle cost (Phase 5 field data).
Maintaining a multi-program RRCA & lessons learned (LL) database of our fielded components and utilizing these LL to guide future subsystem & part design (Phase 0 through 4) and technology development.
Team members support the CDS CIPT as focals in the areas of electrical & electronic subsystems, FADEC, sensors, effectors & harnesses.
Be a supervisor of a team of electrical engineers, directly reporting to her/him.
Coordinating the subset of critical skill systems engineers focused on addressing electrical H/W control components (i.e. IPT hardware item) specifications (CRD, DRD, HRD, PPS,...).
Provide leadership and technical expertise to less experienced engineers.
Develop team proficiency.
Manage resources to staff programs in accordance with the available budget.
Work collaboratively with the direct reports on Individual Development Plans and support individual career development within RTX.
Flow down important communication to the staff personnel.
Ensure compliance to company policies, HR directions and leaders' intents.
Support Discipline Leadership on initiatives.
Support technical proposals.
Make ROM cost estimates.
Communicate project status and risks to the Engineering Leadership.
Support successful execution of major Design Reviews.
Be involved in industry committees and associations, in coordination with the P&W Control & Diagnostic Systems discipline leadership.
Be a charismatic leader, capable of influencing decisions that will shape the future products of Pratt & Whitney and have a long-lasting impact in the aviation industry.