Manufacturing Applications and Controls Engineer (Onsite)

RTX•East Hartford, CT

1d•$107,500 - $204,500•Onsite

About The Position

Pratt and Whitney Digital Technology has an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Applications and Controls Engineer. This will be an onsite position supporting the manufacturing shop floor utilizing the latest state-of-the-art technology in aerospace manufacturing at our East Hartford, Connecticut plant facilities. The Digital Technology Application Engineer is responsible for the development, support, maintenance, and troubleshooting of both custom-built and commercial off-the-shelf manufacturing applications. This role supports critical shop floor systems, including machine tool HMI interfaces, manufacturing tracking and prioritization tools, process data consolidation, reporting and visualization platforms, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) systems.

Requirements

An advanced degree and 5 years of prior relevant experience; OR a Bachelors degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience; OR an Associate's degree with 10 years of project management experience; OR in lieu of a degree, 12+ years of prior relevant experience.
Experience with machine tool control networking and/or DNC applications.
Experience in a manufacturing environment, with a solid understanding of manufacturing principles.
Basic understanding of ethernet networks and port forwarding.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Self-motivated, results-driven, and able to manage priorities independently.
U.S. Citizenship required; must be able to pass a background check.
Must be able to work onsite at the designated location in East Hartford, CT.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the Ignition platform by Inductive Automation.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including VBA.
Experience with programming languages such as .NET, Java, or Python.
Experience extracting and manipulating data from Oracle and SQL Server databases.
Proficy iFIX programming / Troubleshooting.
Exposure to PLC programming.

Responsibilities

Develop custom business applications to collect, analyze, and report operational data critical to plant performance.
Monitor application performance; troubleshoot, debug, and resolve technical issues as needed.
Enhance and modify existing applications to support new compliance requirements and evolving business needs.
Modernize legacy applications by converting them to current technologies (e.g., Visual Basic to VB.NET).
Design and develop HMI/SCADA interfaces for shop floor machine tools.
Troubleshoot PLC control systems.